This volume explores the many ways by which natural languages categorize nouns into genders or classes. The findings in the volume have significant implications

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas

How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where th

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in his

The many facets of grammatical gender remain one of the most fruitful areas of linguistic research, and pose fascinating questions about the origins and develop