Gender variation in indeclinable inanimate nouns and gender markedness in modern Russian.

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Gender variation in indeclinable inanimate nouns and gender markedness in modern Russian. / Чупринко, Кирилл; Magomedova, Varvara; Слюсарь, Наталия Анатольевна.

в: Acta Linguistica Academica , Том 70, № 3, 31.08.2023, стр. 317–338.

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title = "Gender variation in indeclinable inanimate nouns and gender markedness in modern Russian.",

abstract = "In this paper, the results of a large web-corpus study on gender of Russian inanimate indeclinable common nouns are presented. In most cases, neuter is assigned to indeclinables as a default. However, morphophonological and semantic analogy may lead to feminine and masculine gender assignment. An extensive variation is observed in the whole group of indeclinables and for particular words, which is much larger than anything that can be found in indeclinable nouns. These data support the idea that both masculine and neuter genders have a special status in the Russian gender system (Magomedova & Slioussar 2023). Masculine tends to be chosen in case of conflicting gender cues. When there are no strong cues pointing to any gender, neuter is assigned as the default option. The results of the study are hardly compatible with various structural approaches to gender assignment, but can be accounted for in competition-based models.",

keywords = "Russian indeclinable nouns, corpus study, default gender, gender variation, loanwords",

author = "Кирилл Чупринко and Varvara Magomedova and Слюсарь, {Наталия Анатольевна}",

year = "2023",

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