Evaluative Wortbildung und Personenreferenz. Maskulina auf -i und ihre femininen Entsprechungen in alemannischen Dialekten – auch als Indikator für Geschlechterstereotype im Wörterbuch

Dammel, Antje

Abstract

The word formation pattern [ __- i ] N mask. in Alemannic mainly derives masculine agent nouns from verbs resulting in output semantics of ‘s omeone who notoriously acts in the manner of base verb’. I analyse the patte rn as an instance of evaluativ e morphology embedded in a more general output oriented schema and propose a sc enario how the pattern may have developed from an OHG hypocoristic pattern primarily used in names. In a qualitative and quantitative analysis of two dialect dictionaries on Zürich German and Bernese German I look into the pos- sible lexical fillings of the patt ern and derive areas of stereotypi sation. As the pr oducts of the pattern are masculine nouns, it is of interest whether the lemma s are flanked with a feminine form or not, and if they are, whether the femini ne form follows or precedes the masculine form or is added as a separate lemma without a mascul ine pendant. The analysis also includes neuter forms ending in - i listed in the dictionaries. As the ma sculine products of the pattern already reflect stereotyped behaviour, th e feminine (and neuter) forms in cluded in the di ctionnaries are expected to sediment gender st ereotypes to a high degree.