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Peer reviewedDeMello, 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
