Remarks on the complexity of gender
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Resumo: | This squib presents some aspects of the nature of gender complexity and how it can be conceived throughout the linguistic literature. Emphasis is placed on the empirical difficulties that need to be considered in assessing the nature of gender as a category in grammar. Our target is to discuss the morphosyntactic manifestation of gender as a (complex) feature, focusing on the difficulty of defining it as a traditional feature. As gender can be defined as a system of agreement classes (CORBETT, 1991), agreement is the criterion used to decide how many genders a language has and which nouns belong to which gender. We present current proposals about formal and functional gender manifestation throughout languages, aiming at describing their behaviour and possible consequences for the syntax of this category. According to Kramer (2015), natural/biological and arbitrary gender have the same pre-syntactic nature, with the derivation responsible for differentiating them post-syntactically. However, the classification of such category as biological and/or arbitrary brings along with it important discussions on how this process determines the distribution and the semantic-pragmatic interpretation of such structure, taking into account, for instance, the speaker’s world knowledge. This complexity, nonetheless, can be interpreted by means of the computation of gender. |
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Remarks on the complexity of genderGênero, Categoria gramátical, Complexidade de traçosGender, Grammatical category, Feature complexityThis squib presents some aspects of the nature of gender complexity and how it can be conceived throughout the linguistic literature. Emphasis is placed on the empirical difficulties that need to be considered in assessing the nature of gender as a category in grammar. Our target is to discuss the morphosyntactic manifestation of gender as a (complex) feature, focusing on the difficulty of defining it as a traditional feature. As gender can be defined as a system of agreement classes (CORBETT, 1991), agreement is the criterion used to decide how many genders a language has and which nouns belong to which gender. We present current proposals about formal and functional gender manifestation throughout languages, aiming at describing their behaviour and possible consequences for the syntax of this category. According to Kramer (2015), natural/biological and arbitrary gender have the same pre-syntactic nature, with the derivation responsible for differentiating them post-syntactically. However, the classification of such category as biological and/or arbitrary brings along with it important discussions on how this process determines the distribution and the semantic-pragmatic interpretation of such structure, taking into account, for instance, the speaker’s world knowledge. This complexity, nonetheless, can be interpreted by means of the computation of gender.Este squib apresenta alguns aspectos da natureza da complexidade de gênero e como isto pode ser concebido ao longo da literatura linguística. Damos ênfase em dificuldades empíricas que precisam ser consideradas ao se acessar a natureza de gênero como uma categoria na gramática. Nossa meta é discutir a manifestação morfossintática de gênero como um traço (complexo), com foco nas dificuldades em defini-lo como um traço tradicional. Visto que gênero pode ser definido como um sistema de classes de concordância (CORBETT, 1991), concordância e o critério usado para se decidir quantos gêneros uma língua tem, e quais nomes pertencem a cada gênero. Mostramos algumas propostas correntes sobre a manifestação formal e funcional de gênero nas línguas, com o objetivo de descrever seu comportamento e possíveis consequências para a sintaxe desta categoria. De acordo com Kramer (2015), gêneros natural/biológico e arbitrário tem a mesma natureza pré-sintática, sendo a derivação a responsável por diferencia-los pós-sintaticamente. Entretanto, a classificação de tal categoria como biológica e/ou arbitrária levanta uma importante discussão sobre como este processo determina a distribuição e a interpretação semântico-pragmática de tal estrutura, levando em conta, por exemplo, o conhecimento de mundo do falante. Esta complexidade, todavia, pode ser interpretada por meio da computação de gênero.Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem2016-07-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/article/view/7652Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem; v. 2 n. 1 (2016): Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem; 10-192447-1372reponame:Caderno de Squibsinstname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBporhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/article/view/7652/6317Copyright (c) 2016 Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguageminfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCarvalho, Danniel da Silva2019-10-02T11:40:53Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/7652Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/csPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/oaimarcuslunguinho@gmail.com||marcuslunguinho@gmail.com|| gramaticagerativaunb@gmail.com2447-13722447-1372opendoar:2019-10-02T11:40:53Caderno de Squibs - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false |
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Remarks on the complexity of gender |
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Remarks on the complexity of gender |
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Remarks on the complexity of gender Carvalho, Danniel da Silva Gênero, Categoria gramátical, Complexidade de traços Gender, Grammatical category, Feature complexity |
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Remarks on the complexity of gender |
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Carvalho, Danniel da Silva |
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Carvalho, Danniel da Silva |
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Carvalho, Danniel da Silva |
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Gênero, Categoria gramátical, Complexidade de traços Gender, Grammatical category, Feature complexity |
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Gênero, Categoria gramátical, Complexidade de traços Gender, Grammatical category, Feature complexity |
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This squib presents some aspects of the nature of gender complexity and how it can be conceived throughout the linguistic literature. Emphasis is placed on the empirical difficulties that need to be considered in assessing the nature of gender as a category in grammar. Our target is to discuss the morphosyntactic manifestation of gender as a (complex) feature, focusing on the difficulty of defining it as a traditional feature. As gender can be defined as a system of agreement classes (CORBETT, 1991), agreement is the criterion used to decide how many genders a language has and which nouns belong to which gender. We present current proposals about formal and functional gender manifestation throughout languages, aiming at describing their behaviour and possible consequences for the syntax of this category. According to Kramer (2015), natural/biological and arbitrary gender have the same pre-syntactic nature, with the derivation responsible for differentiating them post-syntactically. However, the classification of such category as biological and/or arbitrary brings along with it important discussions on how this process determines the distribution and the semantic-pragmatic interpretation of such structure, taking into account, for instance, the speaker’s world knowledge. This complexity, nonetheless, can be interpreted by means of the computation of gender. |
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