This book offers an in-depth exploration of linguistic features, highlighting the variations across different languages and their functional mechanisms. It delves into the intricacies of language structure, providing insights into how diverse linguistic elements operate and interact, making it a valuable resource for linguists and language enthusiasts alike.
Gender is a fascinating category, which has grown steadily in importance across the humanities and social sciences. The book centres on the core of the category within language. Each of the seven contributions provides an independent account of a key part of the topic, ranging from gender and sex, gender and culture, to typology, dialect variation and psycholinguistics. The authors pay attention to a broad range of languages, including English, Chukchi, Konso and Mohawk.
Exploring the complexities of grammatical gender, this comprehensive study examines over 200 languages, revealing both their diversity and common patterns. Greville Corbett delves into various gender systems, including noun class systems, and offers detailed analyses of specific languages such as English, Russian, Archi, and Chichewa. Through these discussions, the book provides clear illustrations that enhance understanding of the unique aspects of gender in language.
The book provides a foundational understanding of agreement in language, focusing on how words in a sentence correspond with each other based on gender, case, person, and number. It explores the rules and principles that govern these relationships, making it an essential resource for those looking to enhance their grasp of grammatical structures and improve their language skills.