Serbian. The expression of gender in Serbian

Hentschel, Elke

doi:10.1075/impact.11.16hen

In:Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 11] 2003
► pp. 287–309

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Serbian. The expression of gender in Serbian

Elke Hentschel | University of Bern, Switzerland

Published online: 10 April 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.16hen

1.Introduction

2.Gender in Serbian

2.1Grammatical and lexical gender

2.2Inflectional paradigms and agreement

2.3Coordination

2.4Pronouns

3.Word-formation

3.1Derivation

3.2Diminutives and augmentatives

4.Referring to women in Serbian

4.1Current language use in Serbia

4.2Occupational titles for women

5.Proverbs, idiomatic expressions and obscene language

5.1Gendered proverbs

5.2Idiomatic expressions

5.3Obscene language

5.4The empirical investigation of obscene language: Two pilot studies

6.Language critique and language reform

7.Conclusion

Notes

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