Gender reduction in contact

IF 0.6 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Diachronica Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI:10.1075/dia.22011.bal
M. A. Baló, Zuzana Bodnárová
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The present paper investigates the reduction of gender assignment and agreement in a nineteenth-century Romani variety in contact with genderless Hungarian. This reduction took place within two generations of native speakers. We compare the geographical and sociolinguistic situation with the majority of present-day Romani varieties, which still maintain the original two-way (masculine, feminine) gender system. By comparing these varieties with the few Romani varieties which also display reduction of their gender system, we show that the development of this particular typological change may be the outcome of the minority situation of Romani and its geographical proximity to a genderless language. However, as rural varieties do not exhibit the same kind of erosion, this is not a sufficient explanation; what also appears to play a role in the Romani case is the urban context of the change. This sociolinguistic factor might also be considered in other case studies on the loss of grammatical gender.
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减少性别接触
本文研究了十九世纪罗曼语在与无性别匈牙利语接触时性别分配和协议的减少。这种减少发生在以罗姆语为母语的两代人身上。我们将该语言的地理和社会语言状况与现今大多数仍保留原始双向(阳性、阴性)性别系统的罗姆语变体进行了比较。通过将这些罗姆语变种与少数也表现出性别系统减弱的罗姆语变种进行比较,我们发现,这种特殊类型学变化的发展可能是罗姆语的少数民族地位及其在地理上接近无性别语言的结果。然而,由于农村语言并没有表现出同样的侵蚀现象,这并不能充分解释问题;在罗姆人的案例中,起作用的似乎还有变化的城市背景。在其他有关语法性别丧失的个案研究中,也可以考虑这一社会语言因素。
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期刊介绍: Diachronica provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of information concerning all aspects of language change in any and all languages of the globe. Contributions which combine theoretical interest and philological acumen are especially welcome. Diachronica appears three times per year, publishing articles, review articles, book reviews, and a miscellanea section including notes, reports and discussions.
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