Ziej is a woman and het is a girl: The role of referent characteristics in pronominal gender variation in Limburgian

dc.contributor.advisorHoop, H. de
dc.contributor.advisorBackus, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorPiepers, J.
dc.date.issued2020-04-23
dc.description.abstractIn Limburgian dialects, women can be referred to with neuter het (lit. ‘it’) or feminine ziej, both meaning ‘she’ (e.g., Bakker 1992). This thesis addresses the question to what extent the variation in pronoun gender for female referents in Limburgian dialects is driven by characteristics of the referent. I conclude that the variation in pronoun gender for female reference in Limburgian dialects is governed mainly by a woman’s age.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/9010
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letterenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationResearchmaster Language and Communicationen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeResearchmastersen_US
dc.thesis.typeResearchmasteren_US
dc.titleZiej is a woman and het is a girl: The role of referent characteristics in pronominal gender variation in Limburgianen_US
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