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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

subgender en · NOUN

Etymology

From sub- + gender.

Meanings

  1. A sublevel of grammatical gender.
    • Although German, Polish and Russian all have a three-way gender system consisting of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, only Polish and Russian have additional subgenders based on animacy and/or personhood. 2015 December 19, “Age Effects in L2 Grammar Processing as Revealed by ERPs and How (Not) to Study Them”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

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subgenders Number=Plur lexicographic