Back Taalkundige geslag AF Genus ALS Chenero gramatical AN Grammatisc cyn ANG جنس قواعدي Arabic Xéneru gramatical AST Genus BAR Граматычны род BE Род (граматика) Bulgarian Reizh (yezhoniezh) BR
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In linguistics, grammatical gender system is a specific form of noun class system, where nouns are assigned with gender categories that are often not related to their real-world qualities. In languages with grammatical gender, most or all nouns inherently carry one value of the grammatical category called gender;[1] the values present in a given language (of which there are usually two or three) are called the genders of that language.
Whereas some authors use the term "grammatical gender" as a synonym of "noun class", others use different definitions for each; many authors prefer "noun classes" when none of the inflections in a language relate to sex. Gender systems are used in approximately one half of the world's languages.[2] According to one definition: "Genders are classes of nouns reflected in the behaviour of associated words."[3][4][5]
- ^ There are different views whether or not pluralia tantum always have a gender:
- Wilfried Kürschner (Grammatisches Kompendium, 6. edition, 2008, p. 121) for example states that German pluralia tantum do not have a gender.
- The Duden (Duden Grammatik, 8. edition, p. 152f.) for example states that all German pluralia tanta have a gender, but it can not be determined.
- ^ "WALS Online - Chapter Number of Genders". wals.info. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ Hockett, Charles (1958). A course in modern linguistics (PDF). Macmillan Publishers. p. 231.
- ^ Corbett 1991, p. 4.
- ^ Jackson, Steven B. "Masculine or Feminine? (And Why It Matters)". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2 July 2015.