Gramatyczna kategoria rodzaju dla zapożyczeń w języku polskim i rosyjskim: paralele i różnice
Grammatical category o f gender for borrowings in Polish and Russian: parallels and differences

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the category of gender for nouns borrowed into Polish and Russianlanguages. Empirical base for the research are lexemes borrowed from Greek and Latin languageswith or without intermediary function of the Western European languages. The units are dividedaccording to symmetry and asymmetry occurring within this category. The research has identifiedthe most characteristic manners and models in which borrowings have adapted in other languagesas well as some mechanisms of gender classification with reference to trends and principles foundin both systems. It also indicates some trends in gender classification for the most recently adaptedborrowings.

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