GENDER AS A BASIS OF CATEGORIZATION OF OBJECTS IN ENGLISH

GENDER AS A BASIS OF CATEGORIZATION OF OBJECTS IN ENGLISH

Author:  Eugenia A. Chernyshova

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract: 
In this article the specific features of gender categorization are discussed. The aim of our re-search is to describe the structures of gender categorization, which works as ascribing sex to the object and ascribing linguistic gender to the word.

Keywords:  gender, соgnition, prototype theory, gender categorization, systemic and functional categorization.

Pages:  61-66