WHY “LA MANO” BUT “IL PROBLEMA”? THE HISTORICAL LOGIC OF GENDER EXCEPTIONS IN ITALIAN GRAMMAR
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The article analyzes the systemic logic behind grammatical gender exceptions in Italian nouns such as la mano and il problema. Examining about fifty cases, it identifies four main types—Greek -ma borrowings, Latin feminine survivals, truncated forms, and semantically fixed genders. The study shows that these irregularities reflect historical continuity and cognitive mechanisms of gender storage rather than random deviation.
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