Vegetable gender refers to inanimates and exists in some four-way gender systems, e.g., masculine, feminine, neuter, and vegetable as in Bininj Gun-wok [Evans 2003, 202].
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References:
Mithun (1999:99) FROM Frantz (1991:8-9)
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Blackfoot example of plural number and animate gender.
2009-06-04 13:28:09
man- me man- mak
III- food VEG- good
good food
References:
Mithun (1999:99) FROM Frantz (1991:8-9)
Comment: the example is from Bininj Gunwok but the references refer to other languages.
References:
III- food VEG- good
good food
References:
Mithun (1999:99) FROM Frantz (1991:8-9)
Comment: the example is from Bininj Gunwok but the references refer to other languages.