“Language Is the Place from Where the World Is Seen”—On the Gender of Trees, Fruit Trees and Edible Fruits in Portuguese and in Other Latin-Derived Languages
Trees have always been important as natural entities carrying a strong symbolic and metaphorical weight, not to mention their practical uses. Therefore, words and their gender, used to name natural entities as important as trees and particularly fruit-trees and their fruits, are also important. Star...
Main Authors: | Luís Silva Dias, Alexandra Soveral Dias |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-08-01
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Series: | Languages |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/2/3/15 |
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