кинозв езда [kinozvezda]

[William Nickell]

Google:

"американский кинозвезда" = 0 hits

"американская кинозвезда" produces over 5,000.   
In the first few pages there is one reference to a man (Виктор  
МЕРИНОВ — американская кинозвезда.) but  
all the rest to women, suggesting that the collocation sounds strange  
to the Russian ear and is avoided?  (I'm not a linguist).

Google is great for usage questions

Bill Nickell

On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Charles Byrd wrote:

> I'm afraid I didn't have an answer for a beginning language- 
> learner's questions:
>
> Is this term applicable to male stars?  Can it absorb masculine  
> gender, like
> "плакса" [plaksa]?  Which of the following, if any, is  
> acceptable?
>
> 1)Брад Питт - известный американский  
> кинозвезда.
>
>    [Brad Pitt - izvestnyi amerikanskii kinozvezda.]
>
> 2)Брад Питт - известная американская  
> кинозвезда.
>
>    [Brad Pitt - izvestnaia amerikanskaia kinozvezda.]
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Charles Byrd,
>
> Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
> The University of Georgia
> Room 201 Joseph E. Brown Hall
> Athens, GA  30602-6797
>
> (706) 583-8160
> byrdc at uga.edu
>
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