Varėnos šnektos daiktavardžio giminės kategorija
The Category of Gender of Noun in Varėna Sub-dialect

Summary/Abstract: The category of gender of Varėna sub-dialect has not been researched and described from the perspective of natural morphology up to now. The main aim of the article is to discuss the structure of the category of gender in this sub-dialect, on the basis of empiric material to present semantic and morphological characteristics of the gender of noun and to identify cases of variations in gender. The conducted analysis revealed that: 1) there is no strict differentiation in (masculine and female) gender of the sub-dialect of Varėna according to stems, which only partially mark the gender together with flexions; it is inaccurate to point to specific ‘gender morpheme’ in the structure of nouns of the Varėna sub-dialect. 2) Variation in forms of gender are characteristic of the sub-dialect under the research.

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