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DeMello, George – Hispania, 1990
Comparison of the 1970 and 1984 editions of a Spanish dictionary regarding the accommodation of female counterparts of traditionally male occupations found such adjustments as use of the feminine article "la" and the suffixes "-a" and "-nta." Other nouns proved to be particularly resistant to such accommodation. (CB)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Nouns
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Plann, Susan – Hispania, 1988
Analysis of the syntactic properties of Spanish prepositions, postpositions, and substantives supports the argument that a three-way categorical distinction exists among the three elements. (CB)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns
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Douglass, R. Thomas – Hispania, 1988
An historical account of the use of the acute accent mark in written Spanish discusses the effects of Greek, Latin, Italian, and French precursors on the early use of the accent and on its current modern use. (CB)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Diacritical Marking, Distinctive Features (Language), French