From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Nov 25 17:07:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 27829 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2006 00:59:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Nov 2006 00:59:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.66.169) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 2006 00:59:22 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Go8DG-0004Bk-GV for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:49:42 -0800 Received: from dsl081-066-169.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.66.169] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Go8BX-0004AV-GJ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:47:58 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:47:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Go8B5-0004AD-Sa for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:47:28 -0800 Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.30]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Go8B2-0004A3-BY for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:47:27 -0800 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (mar92-6-82-227-151-129.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.151.129]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A96C488A0 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:47:22 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4568E417.2010400@free.fr> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:47:19 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 13258 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jexOm@free.fr X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.66.169 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "jexOm." From: "jexOm." Reply-To: jexOm@free.fr Subject: [lojban] Re: semantic category vs. gender X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=uS6leCq6ue3E0Q44ifSBaUIAMA0CsHuEWWPvK5z8MGQvJ5Sl3w X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27693 MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/23/2006 4:23:18 AM Central Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > >> Gender in language IS a form of semantic classifier, having only 1 or 2 >> or 3 categories in Indo-European languages (and thus being rather >> useless most of the time, but apparently useful enough that most IE >> languages have those categories), but having larger numbers of >> genders/categories in other languages. >> >> lojbab > > > I doubt that gender in European languages is really a semantic category, > beyond the obvious few words relating directly to sexual entities. > > stevo And they vary depending on the language. See http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~lera/papers/ read http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~lera/papers/gender.pdf mi'e jexOm. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.