Re: Gender neutral pronouns

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From: Peter Marko
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 13:32

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In article <1992Aug5.103147.20713@discus.technion.ac.il> David
Ben_Ami, davidba@carmel.technion.ac.il writes:
>Hebrew and Arabic (and I guess other Semitic languages too) are very
>gender-oriented and doesn't have the neuter gender at all (c.f It
in 
>English). This is probably because of the Patriachal societies in
the
>middle east in Ancient times (and even till today in some places
like
>Saudi Arabia).

This is a very interesting observation.  Surely, the history of any
particular nation would have a great influence on the development of
its language.

What do these differences regarding pronouns indicate then?  Could
it be that our attitudes towards other human beings are hidden in
our languages?

   ...Peter

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