A Pronominal View of Gender Agreement
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | Language Sciences |
| Volume | Issue number | 35 |
| Pages (from-to) | 32-46 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
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| Abstract |
In modern linguistic theory, grammatical genders are seen as agreement classes. Agreement is the primary evidence for how many genders a language has and which nouns belong to which gender. Yet, agreement behaviour is not always straightforward: languages show inconsistencies, mismatches and variation. This article focuses on gender agreement on pronouns, the most problematic of all agreement targets. With the help of data from modern spoken Dutch, a language that abounds in pronominal mismatches and variation, theoretical assumptions about gender and agreement are discussed, in particular the notion "hybrid".
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| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2012.10.001
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