Iz problematike obilježavanja imeničnog roda u srpskohrvatskom jeziku
From the Field of Marking a Noun Gender in the Serbo-Croat

Summary/Abstract: Several problems related to marking of gender in the Serbo-Croat are clarified in a mosaic way in the paper: a) a suffixal determination of gender for the nouns of so-called general gender, b) accent as a phonological marker of gender, and c) a different distribution of gender in relation to number. A general conclusion fits in the overall picture on a behavior of nouns in the case of gender determination, and it does not essentially differ from those already noticed: there are not morphologically relevant parameters upon which the gender category in the Serbo-Croat can rely. What can be seen as a separate and interesting feature is that some nouns have a different gender realization depending on number. In general, it will be interesting to examine the further possibilities of gender-number relation.

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