| Description |
xix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics |
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Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Gender assignment I: semantic systems -- 3. Gender assignment II: formal systems -- 4. The psycholinguistic status of gender assignment -- 5. Gender agreement -- 6. Establishing the number of genders -- 7. Target genders: syncretism and enforced gender forms -- 8. Hybrid nouns and the agreement hierarchy -- 9. Gender resolution rules -- 10. Generalisations and prospects -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index |
| Analysis |
Grammar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-351) and indexes |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender.
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| LC no. |
90033171 |
| ISBN |
0521329396 (hardback) |
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052133845X (paperback) |
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