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This document presents background information on the gender library of the Grammar Matrix Customization System (Bender et al., 2002; Bender and Flickinger, 2005; Bender et al., 2010). General instructions on using the questionnaire can be found here.
[ This documentation is under construction. When it is more complete, this section should describe the effects of the various options provided in this library in terms of the behavior of the grammar. It is also a good place for tips on how to get the most from the library. ]
The gender library allows the user to specify the range of values for the feature GENDER that will be available elsewhere in the customization system (especially the Lexicon and Morphology pages) and in the resulting grammar. On this page, please describe the gender hierarchy in your language. The number or genders and the complexity of gender hierarchy is different for every language. Using dropdown menu, please:
1. Add genders that exist in your language.
2. Add supertype for each gender you have added. Supertypes describe the hierarchy relations between genders in your language.
If your language does not express gender grammatically through agreement (for example, ... ?), please leave this page blank and move to the next page (?).
For more information on the variety of genders across languages please refer to the next section Analyses.
The analyses implemented in the gender library are described in Drellishak 2009, Section 5.3.
GENDER is a feature often involved in agreement phenomena. These are handled through the lexicon and morphology libraries. The analyses of agreement implemented in the Grammar Matrix are described in Drellishak 2009, Section 5.2.
- [ This documentation is under construction. When it is more complete, this section should describe any modifications to or enhancements of this library that are either in progress or planned. ]
Drellishak, Scott. 2009. Widespread but Not Universal: Improving the Typological Coverage of the Grammar Matrix. PhD thesis, University of Washington.
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