The (n.) Anna and her (f.) dog. Female first names in the neuter gender. Socio-pragmatic vs. semantic gender assignment in German and Luxembourgish dialects

“The（n.）安娜和她（f.）狗中性的女性名字。德语和匈牙利语方言中的社会语用学与语义学性别分配“第四年继续申请这个DACH项目构思了四年，在过去两年中研究了性别和性别之间的分歧。妇女和女孩的名字常与中性词连用（das安娜'the（n.）Anna'）。这也是相当常见的“性别休息”发生，如（n.）安娜-她或（f）安娜-它。这些中性形式尚未探索。在德国和瑞士的许多方言中，它们正在消失。这一三国项目的目的是通过在24个调查地点结合各种方法进行探索，尽可能彻底地探索中性性别的这些“不同”用途的系统和功能-女性用途往往与中性性别共存。这些数据应允许新的见解的情况和社会实用因素决定性别分配，其功能和genesis.1ST -3年：在头两年所有计划的步骤（文献研究，项目会议，预测试等）。而且，大部分的探索都已经完成，收获比预想的要大得多。对数据的分析正在进行中，并将按计划在第三年继续进行：正在评估完形填空和翻译，必须转录朋友之间的对话以及长时间的采访（比计划提前进行）。此外，还制作了一份详尽的在线问卷，以便接触到24个调查地点以外的发言者。这三个国家的几千人的高回报率使我们能够生成地图，显示中性名字出现的地区。这一面积比以前设想的要大。然而，它的使用正在减少;在许多地区，它在年轻一代中已经消失。通过我们的研究，我们正在捕捉这种现象仍然存在的最后领域。初步结果表明，中性形式最初是根据妇女或女孩的社会地位使用的。今天，它反映了说话者、受话者和所指妇女之间的关系，尽管存在重要的区域和代际差异。使用中性（或女性）形式的因素包括三位一体的熟悉程度、社会和年龄差异、亲属关系、熟人、反感和同情以及属于一个家庭或一个地方。此外，某些名字和后缀对性别分配有影响。第四年将专注于历时性，即这些中性形式何时，如何以及为什么出现的中心问题（我们已经提出了一些假设）。为此目的，必须知道探索的结果。此外，历史和文学方言文本将被视为我们地区的移民的方言进行检查。

"The (n.) Anna and her (f.) dog. Female first names in the neuter gender. Socio-pragmatic vs. semantic gender assignment in German and Luxembourgish dialects"Application for continuation for the fourth yearThis DACH-project, which was conceived for four years, has in the past two years looked into disagreement between sex and gender. First names of women and girls are often used with the neuter article (das Anna 'the (n.) Anna'). It is also quite common that “gender breaks” occur such as the (n.) Anna – she or the (f) Anna – it. These neuter forms are as yet unexplored. In many dialects of Germany and Switzerland they are disappearing. The aim of this trinational project is to explore as thoroughly as possible the system and the function of these “diverging” uses of the neuter gender – alongside which the feminine uses often coexist – by means of explorations combining various methods in 24 survey locations. This data should allow new insights into the situational and socio-pragmatic factors determining gender assignment, its functions and its genesis.1st – 3rd year: In the first two years all planned steps were taken (literature study, project meetings, pretests etc.). Furthermore, most of the explorations were completed and they were much more fruitful than expected. The analyses of the data are in progress and will continue as planned in the 3rd year: Clozes and translations are being evaluated and conversations among friends as well as long interviews (which were carried out earlier than scheduled) have to be transcribed. Furthermore, an elaborate online questionnaire was created in order to reach speakers outside the 24 survey locations. The high return of several thousand people in the 3 countries allowed us to generate maps displaying the area in which neuter first names occur. This area is larger than previously assumed. Its use, however, is decreasing; in many regions it has disappeared among the younger generation. With our study we are capturing the last areas in which this phenomenon still exists. First results indicate that the neuter forms were originally used according to the social position of a woman or a girl. Today it reflects the relation between the speaker, the addressee and the woman referred to, although there are important regional and generational differences. Factors which trigger the use of neuter (or feminine) forms are the degree of familiarity within the triad, social and age differences, kinship, acquaintance, antipathy and sympathy as well as belonging to a family or a place. Moreover, certain names and suffixes have an influence upon the gender assignment.The 4th year will focus on diachrony, i.e. the central question of when, how and why these neuter forms emerged (we have already developed some hypotheses). For this purpose, the results of the explorations have to be known. Furthermore, historical and literary dialectal texts will be looked at and the dialects of emigrants of our areas are to be examined.