How Does a Language Acquire Gender Markers?. Greenberg, J. H. In Universals of human language, volume Vol. 3. Word Structure, pages 47–82. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1978. abstract bibtex The bulk of this paper is devoted to outlining a process by which, in a number of languages, a definite article which agrees in gender with the noun passes through a stage in which it combines the uses of a definite and indefinite article and finally becomes a gender marker on the noun. It is also shown that this process can occur even when the definite article does not agree in gender, in which case it ends up as a sign of mere nominality. The role of the demonstrative from which the definite article usually arises in generating agreement phenomena is also discussed. The problem of the origin of gender is then briefly reconsidered in the light of the evidence adduced in the body of the paper.
@incollection{greenberg_how_1978,
address = {Stanford, California},
title = {How {Does} a {Language} {Acquire} {Gender} {Markers}?},
volume = {Vol. 3. Word Structure},
abstract = {The bulk of this paper is devoted to outlining a process by which, in a number of languages, a definite article which agrees in gender with the noun passes through a stage in which it combines the uses of a definite and indefinite article and finally becomes a gender marker on the noun. It is also shown that this process can occur even when the definite article does not agree in gender, in which case it ends up as a sign of mere nominality. The role of the demonstrative from which the definite article usually arises in generating agreement phenomena is also discussed. The problem of the origin of gender is then briefly reconsidered in the light of the evidence adduced in the body of the paper.},
language = {en},
booktitle = {Universals of human language},
publisher = {Stanford University Press},
author = {Greenberg, Joseph H.},
editor = {Greenberg, Joseph H.},
year = {1978},
pages = {47--82},
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"PpSxHNZHRQiwQ7Nwr","bibbaseid":"greenberg-howdoesalanguageacquiregendermarkers-1978","author_short":["Greenberg, J. H."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"incollection","type":"incollection","address":"Stanford, California","title":"How Does a Language Acquire Gender Markers?","volume":"Vol. 3. Word Structure","abstract":"The bulk of this paper is devoted to outlining a process by which, in a number of languages, a definite article which agrees in gender with the noun passes through a stage in which it combines the uses of a definite and indefinite article and finally becomes a gender marker on the noun. It is also shown that this process can occur even when the definite article does not agree in gender, in which case it ends up as a sign of mere nominality. The role of the demonstrative from which the definite article usually arises in generating agreement phenomena is also discussed. The problem of the origin of gender is then briefly reconsidered in the light of the evidence adduced in the body of the paper.","language":"en","booktitle":"Universals of human language","publisher":"Stanford University Press","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Greenberg"],"firstnames":["Joseph","H."],"suffixes":[]}],"editor":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Greenberg"],"firstnames":["Joseph","H."],"suffixes":[]}],"year":"1978","pages":"47–82","bibtex":"@incollection{greenberg_how_1978,\n\taddress = {Stanford, California},\n\ttitle = {How {Does} a {Language} {Acquire} {Gender} {Markers}?},\n\tvolume = {Vol. 3. Word Structure},\n\tabstract = {The bulk of this paper is devoted to outlining a process by which, in a number of languages, a definite article which agrees in gender with the noun passes through a stage in which it combines the uses of a definite and indefinite article and finally becomes a gender marker on the noun. It is also shown that this process can occur even when the definite article does not agree in gender, in which case it ends up as a sign of mere nominality. The role of the demonstrative from which the definite article usually arises in generating agreement phenomena is also discussed. The problem of the origin of gender is then briefly reconsidered in the light of the evidence adduced in the body of the paper.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tbooktitle = {Universals of human language},\n\tpublisher = {Stanford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Greenberg, Joseph H.},\n\teditor = {Greenberg, Joseph H.},\n\tyear = {1978},\n\tpages = {47--82},\n}\n\n\n\n","author_short":["Greenberg, J. H."],"editor_short":["Greenberg, J. H."],"key":"greenberg_how_1978","id":"greenberg_how_1978","bibbaseid":"greenberg-howdoesalanguageacquiregendermarkers-1978","role":"author","urls":{},"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}},"downloads":0,"html":""},"bibtype":"incollection","biburl":"https://bibbase.org/zotero/CleverBrownie","dataSources":["qmBLQMTPbjoiGZnX7"],"keywords":[],"search_terms":["language","acquire","gender","markers","greenberg"],"title":"How Does a Language Acquire Gender Markers?","year":1978}