Cognitive categories and noun classification. Romance neuter: from [passivity] to [indifference]
The present contribution aims to reveal the ways in which the evolution of the grammatical category of gender from Latin to Romance reflects the dramatic changes undergone by its semantic domains. Arguments for the hypothesis that Latin gender oppositions were determined by the important role played...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/cognitive_categories_and_noun_classification_romance_neuter_from_passivity_to_indifference |