Grammatical gender

Grammatical Gender in English 이겨레하나 박지현

What is Grammatical Gender? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Grammatical gender VS. Natural gender ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Grammatical Gender in Eng 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Grammatical Gender in Eng 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Development of natural gender ,[object Object],Leveling of unstressed vowels a, o, u -> e [ə] The number of distinct inflectional endings in English was drastically reduced. e.g) Weak adjective ending –a (masculine nominative), –e (neuter nominative-accusative and feminine nominative) ⇒ fell together as –e - Indicator of gender was lost! Old English: masculine nominative-accusative plurals ended in –as , feminines in –a , and short-stemmed neuters in –u ⇒ Middle English: a handful of nouns acquired the same plural endings -es

Modern English ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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