Nouns of Person in -nte. The case of the alternation-nte/-nta for the female

García J.R. · Itinerarios (2020) · DOI: 10.7311/itinerarios.32.2020.12

Resumen

Regarding the nouns of person that end in the suffix -nte, those with alternation -nte/- nta stand out, but which, in turn, are common in terms of gender, such as, for example, presidente/ presidenta next to el/la presidente, so that the ending -nte/-nta (la presidente/la presidenta) alternates for the female. Now, the objective of this research consists of, on the one hand, to determine if in the Academic Dictionary (2014-2019) there has been an increase in common nouns of person in -nte, in terms of gender or with gender alternation, since either by recent incorporations or by changes produced in the male in -nte. And, on the other hand, collect current information on female in -nta who have their corresponding female in -nte, for this reason inquiries have been made in the Corpus of Spanish for the 21st Century (CORPES XXI). The results obtained confirm that there has been an increase in this group of voices in -nte in the Dictionary, as well as, there is a greater use of nouns in -nta in America, regarding to Spain, with certain exceptions.

Instituciones: Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo