Inglise keele struktuur
NP, according to certain meaning-related distinctions, especially a distinction related to the
sex of the referent.
Grammatical gender or overt gender of nouns:
German: der Mann `the man' die Frau `the woman' das Kind `the child'
der Tisch `the table' die Feder `the pen' das Buch `the book'
English has no inflectionally-marked gender distinctions. Some 3 rd person pronouns and wh-
pronouns express natural gender distinctions:
it, which, etc. [NONPERSONAL] contrasts with the following:
who, whom, [PERSONAL]
he, himself [MASCULINE, chiefly PERSONAL]
she, herself, etc. [FEMININE, chiefly PERSONAL]
Gender in English nouns is `notional' or `covert' (cf. French, German, Russian). There is no
grammatical gender in English. Male entities are referred to masculine pronouns - he;
female - she; sexless - it.
Some other remarks:
- morphologically unmarked for gender: bachelor spinster, uncle aunt, monk nun, king
queen, nephew niece, brother sister
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