THE NOUN : GENDER
YOU KNOW THAT LIVING BEING ARE OF EITHER MALE OR FEMALE SEX .
NOW COMPARE THE WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING PAIRS :-
BOY LION HERO
GIRL . LIONESS HEROINE
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?
THE FIRST WORD OF EACH PAIR IS THE NAME OF MALE ANIMAL.
THE SECOND WORD OF EACH PAIR IS THE NAME OF FEMALE ANIMAL.
A NOUN THAT DENOTES A MALE ANIMAL IS SAID TO BE OF MASCULINE
GENDER [GENDER COMES FROM LATIN GENUS, KIND OR SORT]
A NOUN THAT DENOTES A FEMALE ANIMAL IS SAID TO BE OF THE FEMININE GENDER.
A NOUN DENOTES EITHER MALE OR FEMALE IS SAID TO BE COMMON GENDER AS
PARENT ,CHILD,FRIEND ,PUPIL,SERVANT,THIEF,RELATION, ENEMY, COUSIN.........
A NOUN THAT DENOTES THE THING THAT IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE
(THAT IS THING WITHOUT LIFE) IS SAID TO BE OF NEUTER GENDER
AS,
BOOK ,PEN ,ROOM ,TREE
IT WILL BE THUS SEEN THAT IN THE MODERN ENGLISH THE GENDER OF A NOUN
IS ENTIRELY A MATTER OF SEX OR THE ABSENCE OF THE SEX IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FORM OF A NOUN , WHICH DETERMINES ITS GENDER IN MANY OTHER LANGUAGES , EXAMPLE IN URDU WHERE" BAGICHE " IS THE MASCULINE AND LAKRI IS FEMININE
NOTE :- COLLECTIVE NOUNS, EVEN WHEN THEY DENOTE LIVING BEINGS,ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF THE NEUTER GENDER
YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS OF THE NEUTER GENDER.
OBJECTS WITHOUT LIFE ARE OFTEN PERSONIFIED , THAT IS , SPOKEN OF AS IF THEY WERE LIVING BEINGS .WE THEN REGARD THEM AS A MALE OR FEMALES.
THE MASCULINE GENDER IS OFTEN APPLIED TO OBJECTS REMARKABLE FOR BEAUTY ,GENTLENESS, GRACEFULNESS,STRENGTH AND VIOLENCE
CREDIT :- BY WREN AND MARTIN
REVISED BY N.D.V. PRASADA RAO
A.N.KAPOOR AND R.K.JAIN
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