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#Genders take different positions on an animacy hierarchy. (Many [[Languages of Teppala]] if babies are considered a separate gender) | #Genders take different positions on an animacy hierarchy. (Many [[Languages of Teppala]] if babies are considered a separate gender) | ||
#:nom-acc for males, erg-abs for females (some conlangs; proposed for pre-PIE plural feminine) | #:nom-acc for males, erg-abs for females (some conlangs; proposed for pre-PIE plural feminine) | ||
#:Male and female are both equal on animarcy hierarchy, abnd all people can possess ''grammatically'' inanimate objects, but many ''semantically'' inanimate objects (umbrella, purse, dishes) are assigned to either the masculine or feminine gender, with a great imbalance in who gets what | #Genders behave differently with respect to some other grammatical function. | ||
#:Male and female are both equal on animarcy hierarchy, abnd all people can possess ''grammatically'' inanimate objects, but many ''semantically'' inanimate objects (umbrella, purse, dishes) are assigned to either the masculine or feminine gender, with a great imbalance in who gets what; men and women need extra morphemes to possess objects not of the "proper" gender, even if these are very common ([[Moonshine]]) | |||
#:vcertain bvgerbs automatically ytake on a more violent of forceful meaning if subject is male, unless an extra morpheme is added. | |||
#Deities are always grammatically masculine, even if female in form (claimed for [[Tamil]], apparently false) | #Deities are always grammatically masculine, even if female in form (claimed for [[Tamil]], apparently false) | ||
#male gender associated with broken objects or unpleasant things. (Jmo; some English feminists sarcastic use of ''male-'' as a variant form of ''mal-'') | #male gender associated with broken objects or unpleasant things. (Jmo; some English feminists sarcastic use of ''male-'' as a variant form of ''mal-'') | ||
#masculine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually feminine ([[Láadan]]; ''with'' is defined both as "woman" and "human", rather like the inverse of English ''man'') | #masculine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually feminine ([[Láadan]]; ''with'' is defined both as "woman" and "human", rather like the inverse of English ''man'') | ||
#:Feminine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually masculine unless the descriptor is syntactically associated with females , as with nursing, menial labor, etc (IE) | #:Feminine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually masculine unless the descriptor is syntactically associated with females , as with nursing, menial labor, etc (IE) | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 2 December 2017
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Unbalanced gender setups
- 1 man + 999 women = 1000 women (IE)
- pregnant women addressed with male pronouns if baby is known to be a boy.
- Genders take different positions on an animacy hierarchy. (Many Languages of Teppala if babies are considered a separate gender)
- nom-acc for males, erg-abs for females (some conlangs; proposed for pre-PIE plural feminine)
- Genders behave differently with respect to some other grammatical function.
- Male and female are both equal on animarcy hierarchy, abnd all people can possess grammatically inanimate objects, but many semantically inanimate objects (umbrella, purse, dishes) are assigned to either the masculine or feminine gender, with a great imbalance in who gets what; men and women need extra morphemes to possess objects not of the "proper" gender, even if these are very common (Moonshine)
- vcertain bvgerbs automatically ytake on a more violent of forceful meaning if subject is male, unless an extra morpheme is added.
- Deities are always grammatically masculine, even if female in form (claimed for Tamil, apparently false)
- male gender associated with broken objects or unpleasant things. (Jmo; some English feminists sarcastic use of male- as a variant form of mal-)
- masculine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually feminine (Láadan; with is defined both as "woman" and "human", rather like the inverse of English man)
- Feminine has to be indicated with a suffix; unmarked form is usually masculine unless the descriptor is syntactically associated with females , as with nursing, menial labor, etc (IE)
