02661nlm0 22003731i 450 UON0053071720260407033244.518978-01-918959-8-2e-book20260319d2025 |0itac50 baengGB||||X |||||i e bˆA ‰Guide to Gender and ClassifiersAlexandra Y. AikhenvaldOxfordOxford University Press20251 risorsa online (xxiv, 403 p.ill.)Gender is the most widespread means of noun categorization. Genders—frequently, masculine and feminine—constitute grammatical classes of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male), animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Traditional grammar used the term ‘gender’ for categories in Indo-European and Semitic languages which typically involve masculine and feminine. As linguists roamed further afield, they met larger systems which did not necessarily involve just masculine and feminine. The label ‘noun class’ came into use for these. Gender can be realized covertly, via agreement on an adjective, a demonstrative, an article, or a verb, or also be marked on the noun itself—this is known as overt gender. Gender assignment always involves meaning, but the choice can be transparent or opaque. Gender can be chosen based on morphological and phonological features of a noun. Loans and neologisms are a testing ground for gender choice.001UON005053612001 Oxford scholarship online210 OxfordOxford University Press.Genere (Grammatica)UONC034070FISemanticaUONC000768FISociolinguisticaUONC005782FIGBOxfordUONL000029410Linguistica21AikhenvaldAlexandra Y.UONV054783317446Oxford University PressUONV245947650ITSOL20260410RICAhttps://academic.oup.com/book/59732Accesso per utenti con proxy server attivohttps://academic.oup.com/book/59732Accesso per utenti con proxy server attivoUON00530717SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO E ARCHIVIO STORICOSI2026826 1A 20260319 SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO E ARCHIVIO STORICOSI2026832 1A 20260323 Guide to gender and classifiers4405808UNIOR