Grammatical Gender and Number of Abstract Nouns in the Old Germanic Languages

Novitskaya I.V.

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The article presents research findings of morphological marking of abstract nouns in Gothic, Old High German and Old Icelandic. It is found out that the abstract nouns in these languages are mostly feminine and are primarily used in singular forms. A historical analysis of the categories of number and gender reveals their interaction in the evolution of grammatical gender system.

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Issue: 4, 2007

Series of issue: Humanities (Philology)

Rubric: Modern Trends in Germanic Studies

Pages: 44 — 48

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