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===Unbalanced gender setups=== | ===Unbalanced gender setups=== | ||
#1 man + 999 women = 1000 women (IE) | #1 man + 999 women = 1000 women ([[Proto-Indo-European|IE]]) | ||
#*pregnant women addressed with male pronouns if baby is known to be a boy. | #*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) | #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) | ||
#Genders behave differently with respect to some other grammatical function. | #Genders behave differently with respect to some other grammatical function. (Many [[Languages of Teppala]]) | ||
#*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]]) | #*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]]) | ||
#*certain verbs automatically take on a more violent of forceful meaning if subject is male, unless an extra morpheme is added. ([[Late Andanese]]) | #*certain verbs automatically take on a more violent of forceful meaning if subject is male, unless an extra morpheme is added. ([[Late Andanese]]) | ||
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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. (Many Languages of Teppala)
- 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)
- certain verbs automatically take on a more violent of forceful meaning if subject is male, unless an extra morpheme is added. (Late Andanese)
- 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)
