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Interpretarea neutrului românesc prin sistemul guillaumian al numărului
Interpretation of Rumanian neuter by the number system of Gustave Guillaume

Author(s): Romana Timoc-Bardy
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Neuter; internal plural; interference between gender and number; psychomecanics; comparative linguistics of Romance languages; Gustave Guillaume; neutre; pluriel interne; interférence genre/nombre; psychomécanique du langage; neutru; plural intern

Summary/Abstract: This contribution proposes an explanation of Rumanian neuter – a result of the interference of gender and number – by the dynamics of these categories in Gustave Guillaume’s vision. Psychomecanics of language, essentially operative, helps us to understand the main fact needing explanation: why and by whitch mechanisms masculine nouns change their gender to feminine in their plural? The explanation of this phenomenon involves mainly several analogous systems as: internal plural / external plural, minor animate / major animate, construction of word, conception (imaginary) of space.

  • Issue Year: IX/2013
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 9-20
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian