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Abstract: In this paper, we provide an analysis of the grammatical gender of 131 inanimate indeclinable Russian nouns based on the data from the General Internet Corpus of the Russian Language. We demonstrate that most nouns show substantial variation, being used in two or even in all three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. We identify several factors affecting this, primarily the gender of the semantic analogy noun and the root-final vowel. We argue that these data can be used to compare several major morphological frameworks and conclude that some approaches, namely optimality-theoretic probabilistic ones, are better suited to account for them. We also compare different models within the chosen set of approaches and show that the hierarchical Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) models are superior to the classical MaxEnt models.
Keywords: gender, MaxEnt, indeclinable nouns, gender agreement, gender variation, Russian, corpus data
Published in RUNG: 16.05.2025; Views: 329; Downloads: 5
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Keywords: sexuality, masculinity, Slovene literature, gender studies
Published in RUNG: 28.04.2025; Views: 462; Downloads: 0
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Abstract: This thesis explores combination and intersection of activism and art through creative project that addresses issues of gender-based violence, precisely verbal abuse. The project was done in several phases, beginning with photography. Selection and photographing model, followed up by participating in the exhibition where women and girls wrote answers to main question on printed photographs. To gain a broader perspective, three focus groups with participants of different ages were held, additionally more insights were obtained by online conversations with selected participants. Inspired by the work of Chiharu Shiota, a red thread is used in the embroidery of photographic canvases, symbolizing resilience and reclaiming identity. Final installation was displayed in a way to encourage visitors to interact with embroidered canvass. This thesis advocates the idea that art can serve as a powerful vehicle for social commentary and healing, creating a platform for voices and encouraging dialogue on key social issues.
Keywords: art, activism, gender based violence, artistic research, feminist art, embroidery, photography
Published in RUNG: 03.10.2024; Views: 1334; Downloads: 5
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Abstract: Abstract In this paper, the results of a large web-corpus study on gender of Russian inanimate indeclinable common nouns are presented. In most cases, neuter is assigned to indeclinables as a default. However, morphophonological and semantic analogy may lead to feminine and masculine gender assignment. An extensive variation is observed in the whole group of indeclinables and for particular words, which is much larger than anything that can be found in indeclinable nouns. These data support the idea that both masculine and neuter genders have a special status in the Russian gender system (Magomedova & Slioussar 2023). Masculine tends to be chosen in case of conflicting gender cues. When there are no strong cues pointing to any gender, neuter is assigned as the default option. The results of the study are hardly compatible with various structural approaches to gender assignment, but can be accounted for in competition-based models.
Keywords: grammatical gender, Russian, gender variation, corpus study, linguistics
Published in RUNG: 26.01.2024; Views: 1999; Downloads: 4
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Abstract: This exhibition offers the viewer new perspectives on this genre, through the landscapes in the work of six women artists. Landscape art is often considered in Romantic terms. Human analogies between the concrete world and the inner world are frequently drawn, and the open space of the land can be seen as a space for imagining, for thinking freely. But these public spaces are also contested sites, layered with histories and the implicit legacies of control, power, occupation and exclusion.
Keywords: landscape photography, history of photography, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, women, gender, Mediterranean, video art, Halida Boughriet, Corinne Silva, Paola Yacoub, Noor Abed, Jananne Al-Ani, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Esther Boise Van Deman, migration, capitalism, patriarchy
Published in RUNG: 13.01.2023; Views: 2795; Downloads: 0
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