LINGUISTICALLY JUSTIFIED USE OF GENDERED FEMININE NOUNS OF THE CATEGORY NOMINA AGENTIS ET PROFESSIONIS CREATED BY SUFFIX -KINJA Cover Image

Lingvistička opravdanost upotrebe moviranih feminina sa sufiksom -kinja kategorije nomina agentis et professionis
LINGUISTICALLY JUSTIFIED USE OF GENDERED FEMININE NOUNS OF THE CATEGORY NOMINA AGENTIS ET PROFESSIONIS CREATED BY SUFFIX -KINJA

Author(s): Milena Burić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Morphology, Semantics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: suffix -kinja; generic form; derived feminine nouns; gender changing suffix

Summary/Abstract: This paper considers the scientific well-foundedness of arguments in favour of the use of generic forms and against the use of gendered feminine nouns from the word-formation semantic category of professions and ranks, using examples of the nouns derived by suffix -kinja (psiholog/psihološkinja, vodič/vodičkinja i dr.).

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 197-213
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian