| Data Category: grammatical gender | |
|---|---|
| Key | 245 |
| PID | http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-245 |
| Type | complex/closed |
| Owner | Wright, Sue Ellen |
| Scope | public |
| 1. Administration Information Section | |
| 1.1 Administration Record | |
| Identifier | grammaticalGender |
| Version | 1:0 |
| Registration Status | private |
| Administration Status | private |
| Justification | Grammatical gender of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives is a standard feature of many Indoeurpean languages. |
| Origin | ISO 12620:1999 |
| Explanatory Comment | ISO12620A-020202 |
| Effective Date | 2001-09-11 |
| 1.1.1 Creation | |
| Creation Date | 2000-10-24 |
| Change Description | no change description found |
| 1.1.2 Last Change | |
| Last Change Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Change Description | Added sentence on relation to natural gender |
| 2. Description Section | |
| Profile | Terminology |
| 2.1 Data Element Name Section | |
| Data Element Name | grammatical gender |
| Source | ISO 12620;ISO 30042 |
[-]2.2 English Language Section | |
| Language | English (en) |
| 2.2.1 Name Section | |
| Name | grammatical gender |
| Name Status | standardized name |
| 2.2.2 Definition Section | |
| Definition | A grammatical category that indicates grammatical relationships between words in sentences. |
| Source | ISO12620 |
| 2.2.3 Example Section | |
| Example | The association of a concept with a gender can be based on word form or other factors and is not necessarily always related to natural gender. In German, the noun "Brücke" (bridge) is feminine, but the French noun "pont" is masculine. |
| Source | Document recent studies |
| 2.2.4 Explanation Section | |
| Explanation | The concept of gender varies from language to language and is not a universal feature of all languages. |
| Source | ISO 12620:1999; SALT |
| 3. Conceptual Domain | |
| Data Type | string |
| Profile | Terminology |
| Value | /feminine/ |
| Value | /masculine/ |
| Value | /neuter/ |
| Value | /otherGender/ (other gender) |
| 4. Linguistic Section | |
| Language | French (fr) |
| 4.1 Conceptual Domain | |
| Data Type | string |
| Value | /feminine/ |
| Value | /masculine/ |
| 5. Linguistic Section | |
| Language | German (de) |
| 5.1 Conceptual Domain | |
| Data Type | string |
| Value | /feminine/ |
| Value | /masculine/ |
| Value | /neuter/ |
| 6. Linguistic Section | |
| Language | Spanish (es) |
| 6.1 Conceptual Domain | |
| Data Type | string |
| Value | /feminine/ |
| Value | /masculine/ |