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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mostari--What you say is generally what is found in
cs data sets. That is, in general the dominant gender of the ML prevails,
but then the system breaks down---phonological features are sometimes the basis
for gender assignment, it seems, but not in all cases. So there is no
simple and complete answer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't think of a more formal way to state the
facts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carolm-s</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 18, 2009 3:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> gender assignement :new answers
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<DIV class=plainMail>Hi , </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>in code switching, it is generally agreed
that the speaker uses his L1 in order to assign gender to L2
following his L1 equivalent or the phonological shape of L1
such as :</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>di: k sachet </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail> this bag </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail> </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>here , the speaker uses a masculine
demonstrative pronoun ( di:k in arabic ) because he
translates sachet into arabic ; which is
feminine ( chkara ) .</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>But , i have found that sometimes the
speaker assigns a gender though he does not really know
the equivalent word in his L1 , basing on sonority ie i think
that the speaker feels whether such word in Fr sounds more
feminine or masculine such as :</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>da:k l'astuce </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>the equivalent french word ' astuce' is
unknown in arabic , so here , the only explanation i
found is that the speaker thinks that the phonological
sonority of 'astuce ' is moremasculine
than feminine . Though in reality , the
french word astuce is feminine .</DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>so, my question is : can you give to my
explantion a more academic terminology , and do you agree with
me ? </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>all the best </DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>Dr Mostari
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