This week’s language questions
In which languages do men and women speak differently, ie where single words, endings and phrases are associated with a certain gender?
What does the word guy guess really mean and where does it come from?
When was the word equality replaced with equality? And what are the words for different definitions today?
Can one really say “most equal”, is it not either equal or not?
How much of the voice position is determined by one’s physique and how much depends on social factors?
What prejudices do we have linked to different voice modes?
Why is it so much more common to write Göteborgssonen compared to Göteborgsdottern?
Linguists Susanna Karlsson, Associate Professor of Nordic Languages at the University of Gothenburg. Host Emmy Rasper.
Source: ICELAND NEWS