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The Russian Gender Categories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

George L. Trager
George L. Trager*
Affiliation:
Yale University
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Abstract

[The paper formulates a technique for the analysis of morphological and syntactic phenomena, by means of which the Russian noun categories of declension, class, and gender are established and their mutual relationships described.]

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 16 , Issue 4: October-December , December 1940 , pp. 300 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © 1940 Linguistic Society of America

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1 This discussion is based on my own knowledge of Russian and on A. A. Šaxmatov, Očerk sovremennogo russkogo literaturnogo äzyka3 [Sketch of the contemporary Russian literary language], Moscow, 1934. Presentation of the material before the Yale Linguistic Club, and preceding and subsequent discussions with colleagues, have been useful in clearing up a number of points.