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The Noun: Ways of Showing Gender

The document discusses different ways that gender is shown in nouns. It describes three main ways: 1) Distinct masculine and feminine words like boy/girl or bull/cow. 2) Deriving the feminine form by adding a suffix, such as actress from actor. 3) Indicating the difference by compounding the words, like manservant/maidservant or tom cat/pussy cat. Gendered nouns are an important part of language classification.

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The Noun: Ways of Showing Gender

The document discusses different ways that gender is shown in nouns. It describes three main ways: 1) Distinct masculine and feminine words like boy/girl or bull/cow. 2) Deriving the feminine form by adding a suffix, such as actress from actor. 3) Indicating the difference by compounding the words, like manservant/maidservant or tom cat/pussy cat. Gendered nouns are an important part of language classification.

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THE NOUN

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Clasification of nouns.
Number.
Gender.
Case.
Word formation.

3. GENDER
WAYS OF SHOWING GENDER
1. THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE ARE DISTINCT WORDS:
boy girl

bachelor spinster

(celibatar, celibatar)

brother sister

bull cow

cock hen

dog bitch

drake duck

earl countess

fox vixen (vulpe,

vulpoi)
sheep: ram ewe

pig: boar sow


deer: stag - hind
horse mare
husband - wife
lad lass (flcu, fat)
lord lady
monk nun
nephew niece
sir - madam
tutor governess (tutore,
guvernant)
uncle aunt

2. THE FEMININE CAN BE DERIVED FROM THE MASCULINE ADDING A SUFFIX:


actor actress
bride bridegroom (mireas, mire)
god goddess
host hostess
master mistress
negro negress
waiter waitress
prince - princess
widow widower
hero heroine
3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEMININE AND MASCULINE CAN BE INDICATED BY
COMPOUNDING:
manservant
tom cat pussy cat
maidservant
landlord landlady
boy cousin girl cousin
he-bear she-bear
boy friend girl friend
he-wolf she-wolf
cock sparrow hen
billy goat nanny goat
sparrow
male frog female frog
peacock peahen

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