Publication: Losing the ‘neuter’: The case of the Spanish demonstratives
Losing the ‘neuter’: The case of the Spanish demonstratives
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Stark, E., & Pomino, N. (2009). Losing the ‘neuter’: The case of the Spanish demonstratives. Probus, 21, 217–247. https://doi.org/10.1515/prbs.2009.007
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This paper explores the semantic features of the so-called “neuter” in the demonstrative system of Modern Spanish and presents a diachronic analysis of the semantic as well as morphophonological changes which have taken place from Latin to Spanish.
We show that the semantic features commonly assumed as being associated with gender (or classification), and more particularly, with the “neuter”, (e.g., [(in)animate]), are not able to capture the semantic difference between “neuter” and feminine / masculine, neither in Latin nor in Spani
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- Stark, Elisabeth
- Pomino, Natascha
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Stark, E., & Pomino, N. (2009). Losing the ‘neuter’: The case of the Spanish demonstratives. Probus, 21, 217–247. https://doi.org/10.1515/prbs.2009.007
