Minwas Jamal Rasheed1
1Independent Researcher, Erbil, Iraq
Abstract: Grammatical genders have been addressed in many languages of the world. To present a comparative view, the present article provides a general investigation of Dutch and Kurdish grammatical genders by examining relevant data throughout the Dutch and Kurdish language. Most of the data of the present article focus on the structural management of the grammatical gender systems of the highlighted languages. Finally, the paper attempts to address some conclusions to show a range of closeness and farness among Dutch and Kurdish via similarities and differences between the grammatical gender systems of the stated languages.
Keywords: Grammatical Gender, Agreement, Nouns, Dutch, Kurdish, Izafe, Oblique
Published: March 7, 2022
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