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Gender in Morphological Perspective

Sushen Sharma and Dr. Neelam Yadav

Abstract

A varied perspective on gender as a morphological category is investigated in this study across languages in which markers reveal how it shapes the structure of language usage as well as socio-cultural perceptions. It emphasizes its significant role in differing morphological systems and their implications for linguistic theory using gender agreement, inflectional patterns and cognitive processing of gendered forms. Gender markers are also examined in the study from a socio-cultural standpoint paying attention to how they mirror or determine social attitudes about gender roles. To achieve a thorough understanding of the relationship between gender and morphology in linguistics, there will be a comparative analysis of languages with diverse gender systems.

Keywords: Morphology, Gender markers, Grammatical Gender, Inflectional Morphology, Derivational Morphology.

Introduction

Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure and formation of words. It examines how words are composed of smaller meaningful units called morphemes, which include roots, prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. Morphology is crucial because it helps us understand the rules and processes that govern word formation and the relationship between words in a language.

Gender in Morphology

Gender as a grammatical category refers to a system in which nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and sometimes verbs are classified into different groups, often based on sex or other semantic criteria. These groups, or genders, influence the form and agreement of related words within sentences.

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Sushen Sharma
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Dr. Neelam Yadav
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Department of Linguistics, K. M. I.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra
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