Gender features and interpretation: a case study
Gender features and interpretation: a case study
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性别特征和解释：案例研究
DOI：
10.1007/s11525-010-9157-2
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发表时间：
2011
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影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
O. Percus
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作者：
O. Percus
名词上的特征是否与解释有关？这在数字的情况下是有争议的，一些人说名词上的数字特征是被解释的，另一些人说它们仅仅是位于其他地方的解释特征的反映。本文考察了意大利语中的性别特征，其中一个名词可以具有的性别并不是任意的，它试图解释性别似乎对解释施加的限制。文章认为，意大利语名词的性别特征确实与一种解释有关。然而，与此同时，有一个特殊的进程，取决于各种条件，其结果是，在某些情况下，它们的贡献可以被忽视。因此，这篇论文捍卫了一种观点，即可解释的元素有时可能不被解释。性别特征是能够做到这一点的因素之一。
Are features on nouns associated with an interpretation? This is debated in the case of number, where some say that number features on nouns are interpreted, and others say that they are a mere reflex of an interpreted feature located elsewhere. This paper looks at gender features in Italian, where the gender a noun can have is not arbitrary, and it seeks to account for the restrictions that gender seems to impose on interpretation. It argues that gender features on Italian nouns are indeed associated with an interpretation. At the same time, however, there is a special process, subject to various conditions, that has the result that in certain contexts their contribution can be ignored. The paper thus defends a view on which interpretable elements can sometimes go uninterpreted. Gender features are among the elements that can do so.