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Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns - Quiz
  • 1. What is a third-person pronoun?
A) A pronoun that only refers to inanimate objects
B) A pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener
C) A pronoun used exclusively for the speaker
D) A pronoun used exclusively for the listener
  • 2. Which of these languages is explicitly mentioned as lacking grammatical gender while having gender-specific pronouns?
A) Slavic languages
B) Afro-Asiatic languages
C) English
D) French
  • 3. In languages with 'natural gender', what is the gender usually based on?
A) Animacy
B) Biological sex
C) Countability
D) Rationality
  • 4. What is a primary characteristic of most Austronesian languages regarding gender?
A) They have a complex grammatical gender system
B) They lack gender distinctions in personal pronouns entirely
C) They distinguish between masculine and feminine only
D) They distinguish gender based on animacy only
  • 5. In Swahili, what determines the use of the pronoun 'yeye'?
A) The social gender of the referent
B) The specific job title of the referent
C) The referent belonging to the animate class
D) The countability of the noun
  • 6. Which language family often features noun classes based on factors like rationality or animacy rather than sex?
A) Indo-European languages
B) Romance languages
C) Niger–Congo languages
D) Afro-Asiatic languages
  • 7. In French, what gender are the indefinite pronouns 'quelqu'un' and 'personne' conventionally treated as?
A) Masculine
B) Feminine
C) Neuter
D) Common
  • 8. What issue is mentioned regarding the use of pronouns when the social gender of a person is unknown?
A) Commonly available pronouns are gender-specific
B) Pronouns are only available for plural subjects
C) The language lacks third-person pronouns entirely
D) There are too many pronouns to choose from
  • 9. What does a grammatical gender system involve?
A) A system of agreement where most or all nouns have a category value
B) A system based strictly on the speaker's preference
C) The complete absence of noun classes
D) Pronouns that are always neutral
  • 10. Which language group is noted for having third-person pronouns that intrinsically distinguish male from female?
A) Most Austronesian languages
B) Most Indo-European languages
C) Uralic languages
D) Quechuan languages
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