1Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep Taalkunde, Afdeling Latijn & Grieks, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium
2Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, 222 Oxley Hall, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1298, USA
3Universität Münster, Institut für Niederländische Philologie, Alter Steinweg 6/7, 48143 Münster, Germany
Citation Information:
Folia Linguistica.
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 237–244, ISSN (Online) 1614-7308, ISSN (Print) 0165-4004,
DOI: 10.1515/flin.2011.010,
October 2011
Publication History: Published Online: 26/02/2012
This article addresses various issues in the diachrony of gender marking, such as the origin and typology of gender systems, pathways of change and the question of directionality in relation to the Agreement Hierarchy, and the semantic basis of changes in gender systems in relation to the Individuation Hierarchy. It also offers an overview of recent multidisciplinary approaches to the evolution of gender systems including language acquisition research, contact linguistics, and theoretical syntax.
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