The Preconceptual Basis of Noun Class (Gender)

Noun class is widely seen as “standing out” from other morphosyntactic categories in having a basis in ontological beliefs, or a ‘semantic core’. The consequence of this view is that noun classes in natural languages frequently do not cohere semantically. Here I motivate an aspectual alternat...

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Main Author: Patrik Bye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2022-08-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/6371