Format:
1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:
9789027258397
Series Statement:
Studies in bilingualism volume 63
Content:
Intro -- The Acquisition of Gender -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- About the contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Gender, geslag, Geschlecht, γένος, ਲਿੰਗ, 性別 -- What is gender? -- Chapters in this volume -- References -- Part I. Review chapters -- Chapter 2. Gender assignment in mixed noun phrases: State of the art -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Linguistic factors -- 2.1 Translation equivalent strategy -- 2.2 Shape-based strategy -- 2.3 Default strategy -- 2.4 Child code-switching patterns -- 3. Extralinguistic factors -- 3.1 Type of bilingual -- 3.2 Task type -- 3.3 Community norms -- 3.4 Child language acquisition -- 4. Discussion and future perspectives -- 4.1 Bilingual profile -- 4.2 Mental representation of gender -- 4.3 The notion of default -- 5. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Funding -- The following abbreviations are used in this chapter -- References -- Appendix 1. Overview of the studies reported in Section 2, their main gender assignment strategy, language pair(s) and their respective number of genders (in brackets), data collection type and age group studied -- Chapter 3. Empirical evidence for gender biases in language -- 1. Empirical evidence for gender biases in language -- 2. Linguistic phenomena representing biases -- 2.1 Linguistic intergroup and expectancy bias -- 2.2 Negation bias -- 2.3 Irony bias -- 2.4 Male bias in "generic" masculine and "gender-fair" alternatives -- 2.5 Gender mismatch effects as indicators of biases -- 3. Social agency and its linguistic representations -- 3.1 Verbs as markers of agency -- 3.2 Case syncretism -- 3.3 Thematic agents -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4. The acquisition of grammatical gender in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish: Beyond the source of differences -- 1. Introduction.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789027210098
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The acquisition of gender Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022 ISBN 9789027210098
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Genus
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Spracherwerb
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Fremdsprachenlernen
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Mehrsprachigkeit
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