Gender is a grammatical category in which a noun, a pronoun, and sometimes an adjective is masculine, feminine or neuter. Genders in English are comparatively simpler since they do not affect all the ...

Listen to Lexicon Valley Episode No. 8: When Nouns Grew Genitals Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in another tab ∙ Play in Stitcher Languages all across the world have what’s called ...

WHAT ARE YOUR pronouns? In English, the most common answers are “he” or “she”. But a growing number of people identify as neither male nor female, and ask to be referred to with novel pronouns. “They” ...

Languages in which nouns are given male or female status are linked to gender inequality, according to a new study that compares languages and equality across the globe. Surprisingly, though, ...

PUT in simple words, gender tells us whether a noun or pronoun is male or female. Technically speaking, in grammar, the word ‘gender’ means a class of words in which nouns and pronouns are placed and ...

A May 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) suggests an ancient text invokes modern-day language about gender identity. “In the Bible, demons refer to themselves as they/them/we/us,” reads the ...