One Word, Two Genders: Categorization and Agreement in Dutch Double Gender Nouns

by Chiara Semplicini

This first academic study of double gender nouns (DGNs) in the Dutch language investigates why certain nouns have more than one gender. DGNs are shown to be part of a generalized restructuring of Dutch gender as a whole, and this study shows them to be catalysts in the transition towards a (more) semantic system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034309279
• ISBN13: 9783034309271
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"