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| Authors | J. Roodenburg, A.C.J. Hulk | | Title | Puzzles on grammatical gender |
| Journal | Lingue e linguaggio |
| Volume | 7 |
| Year | 2008 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-92 |
| ISSN | 17209331 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
| Institute/dept. | FGw: Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) |
| Abstract | This article explores the link between the notion of "neuter" gender and default in Dutch, a language that does not make the familiar distinction between masculine and feminine nouns, but opposes non-neuter nouns to neuter nouns. In trying to extend to Dutch the analysis of "neuter" as a default pronoun in Spanish and Catalan (cf. Picallo, 2005, this volume) - which lacks both gender and number - we raise the following two puzzles: (i) what distinguishes default het from non-default het, (ii) why isn't het the default choice in Child Dutch? On the basis of an analysis of various constructions involving default het, we offer a new perspective on these puzzles that show that both in adult and child language the alleged default 'determiners' are of a different nature than previously assumed. |
| Document type | Article |
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