Описание работы
Actuality of the theme. The noun is a word expressing substance in the widest sense of the word. In the concept of substance we include not only names of living beings (e.g. boy, girl, bird) and lifeless things (e.g. table, chair, book), but also names of abstract notions, i.e. qualities, slates, actions (kindness, strength, sleep, fear, conversation, fight), abstracted from their bearers. In speech these types of nouns are treated in different ways, so one, who does not know ways of treatment, can make mistakes in his speech. Standing on such ground, we considered the theme of the work actual enough to make investigation.
The goal of the present work is to study evolution of gender of English nouns.
Objectives of the present work:
1. To give definition to the term “noun”.
2. To study different types of gender.
3. To describe evolution of gender of English nouns.
4. To analyze the formation and meaning of gender.
Оглавление:
Introduction 3
1 Main Features of English Nouns 6
1.1 Morphological Characteristics of Nouns 6
1.2 Syntactical Characteristics of Nouns 6
1.3 Semantical Characteristics of Nouns 7
1.4 Characteristics of nouns due the way of their composition 10
2 Evolution of gender of nouns 12
2.1 Development and historical view of nouns - gender 12
2.2 Modern view of gender and its forming 17
2.3 Masculine Feminine gender 23
2.4 Common, Neuter gender 26
Conclusion 31
Bibliography 33
Appendix 35