Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 363 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-139-16611-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Content:
Gender is a fascinating category, central and pervasive in some languages and totally absent in others. In this new, comprehensive account of gender systems, over 200 languages are discussed, from English and Russian to Archi and Chichewa. Detailed analysis of individual languages provides clear illustrations of specific types of system. Gender distinction is often based on sex; sometimes this is only one criterion and the gender of nouns depends on other factors (thus 'house' is masculine in Russian, feminine in French and neuter in Tamil). Some languages have comparable distinctions such as human/non-human, animate/inanimate, where sex is irrelevant. No other textbook surveys gender across this range of languages. Gender will be invaluable both for class use and as a reference resource for students and researchers in linguistics
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-32939-2
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-33845-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Sprache
;
Geschlecht
;
Genus
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139166119
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166119
Author information:
Corbett, Greville G., 1957-,
