Difference between revisions of "Gender (definition)"

From Scottish Gaelic Grammar Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 1: Line 1:
grammatical category which shows difference in whether a word is male/female/neuter or animate/ inanimate. Gender in the linguistics sense only refers to classes of words and how they show their relation in sentences. This is not be confused with the sex related gender (although they often are related in English, this is not so in all languages).
+
FIX FIX FIX
  
==Refernces==
+
Gender in the linguistics sense only refers to classes of words and how they show their relation in sentences. This is not be confused with the sex related gender (although they often are related in English, this is not so in all languages).
  
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
+
==See Also==
 
 
Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
Note: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and often pages are vandalized or uninformed, So be careful with any links posted below!
 
Note: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and often pages are vandalized or uninformed, So be careful with any links posted below!
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender
 +
 +
==Refernces==
 +
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.''  Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 +
*Crystal, David (1999) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Language.'' London: Penguin.
 +
  
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Morphology]]
 
[[Category:Morphology]]

Revision as of 11:34, 15 November 2009

FIX FIX FIX

Gender in the linguistics sense only refers to classes of words and how they show their relation in sentences. This is not be confused with the sex related gender (although they often are related in English, this is not so in all languages).

See Also

External Links

Note: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and often pages are vandalized or uninformed, So be careful with any links posted below!

Refernces

  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.