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Title The gender system of Noon: insights into the reorganization of agreement
Full text http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/23780; http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/23185
Date 2021
Author(s) Merrill, John T. M.; Apel, Viktoria
Abstract This chapter examines the gender and deriflection systems of the Noon language of Senegal. The Noon deriflection system is notable for exhibiting a high number of unprefixed nouns, in contrast with the pervasive gender system characterized by prefixes on a variety of agreement targets. Two related but distinct gender systems can be identified. The first system is sensitive only to the lexical identity of the noun. The second system is influenced by the semantic factors of animacy and diminutiveness, as well as the phenomenon of reduction to a 'default' gender, which can be seen as a reorganization of the first, more conservative agreement scheme. - Peer Reviewed
Subject(s) Cangin; gender; nominal classification; Noon; reduction of class marking; 400 Sprache; 496 Afrikanische Sprachen; EP 13150; ddc:400; ddc:496
Language eng
Publisher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Type of publication article; doc-type:article; publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier 1867-8319; 10.1515/stuf-2021-1036; urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/23780-2; 2196-7148
Repository Berlin - Humboldt University of Berlin
Added to C-A: 2021-08-04;10:38:31