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Derivation by gender in Lithuanian

Abstract

For a long time, grammatical gender has been viewed solely as a feature inherent to nouns and necessary to track agreement between noun and other elements within an utterance (Aikhenvald 2003; Hockett 1958; Corbett 1991). However, since the seminal article of Ritter (1991), other uses and characteristics of gender as an abstract feature have been brought to light. For example, gender has been argued to play a role in numeral classification (Mathieu 2012), or serve as an expression of speaker perspective (Armoskaite & Wiltschko 2012; Gerdts 2011). This study focuses on the role of gender in the derivation of nouns. Based on Lithuanian (Baltic), the paper argues that gender may derive nouns from nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Abstract

For a long time, grammatical gender has been viewed solely as a feature inherent to nouns and necessary to track agreement between noun and other elements within an utterance (Aikhenvald 2003; Hockett 1958; Corbett 1991). However, since the seminal article of Ritter (1991), other uses and characteristics of gender as an abstract feature have been brought to light. For example, gender has been argued to play a role in numeral classification (Mathieu 2012), or serve as an expression of speaker perspective (Armoskaite & Wiltschko 2012; Gerdts 2011). This study focuses on the role of gender in the derivation of nouns. Based on Lithuanian (Baltic), the paper argues that gender may derive nouns from nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patterns vii
  4. Part 1. Verbal structure inside nominalizations
  5. Nominalizations in Ojibwe 3
  6. Nominalizing Inner Aspect 25
  7. Nominalization instead of modification 51
  8. Part 2. The referent of nominalization
  9. Assigning reference in clausal nominalizations 85
  10. Simple event nominalizations 119
  11. Malagasy fact- and claim-type nominals 145
  12. Part The nature of the nominalizer
  13. Derivation by gender in Lithuanian 169
  14. Patterns of nominalization in Blackfoot 189
  15. Index 215
Cross-linguistic Investigations of Nominalization Patterns
This chapter is in the book Cross-linguistic Investigations of Nominalization Patterns
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.210.07arm

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patterns vii
  4. Part 1. Verbal structure inside nominalizations
  5. Nominalizations in Ojibwe 3
  6. Nominalizing Inner Aspect 25
  7. Nominalization instead of modification 51
  8. Part 2. The referent of nominalization
  9. Assigning reference in clausal nominalizations 85
  10. Simple event nominalizations 119
  11. Malagasy fact- and claim-type nominals 145
  12. Part The nature of the nominalizer
  13. Derivation by gender in Lithuanian 169
  14. Patterns of nominalization in Blackfoot 189
  15. Index 215
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