„Czerwony Kapturek był śliczną dziewczynką, a Kopciuszek wyszedł za księcia…”- rozbieżności między rodzajem gramatycznym a naturalnym ...
“Little Red Riding Hood was a pretty girl and Cinderella got married to a prince…” the differences between grammatical and natural gender of ...
Author(s): Aleksandra SzczurekSubject(s): Semiotics / Semiology
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: linguistics; the names of fairy-tales female protagonists; grammatical gender; natural gender; the differences between grammatical and natural gender
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the problem of the differences between grammatical and natural gender of the names of main female protagonists in the tales of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. It shows the examples of usage of different gender categories in the text telling about the protagonists. It is possible to mix the gender identity of the protagonists in the texts. It stresses the most logical solution – using the natural gender which, in this situations, should be more important than the grammatical one.
Journal: Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 108-112
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Polish