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