Re: Láadan and woman's speak

Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...> wrote:


>Hmm very good thought there ;). I was thinking the same thing, either the
>gender system developed later, or it was a scientific language that was
>adapted by the public. Perhaps the need for a distinction came because
>people and technology are so linked together?

Why not consider a time frame when advanced technology has indeed
been used for a couple thousand years? That's enough for any lang
to adopt a new gender system (maybe derived from an ancient system
like animate vs. inanimate). It's only in our Earth, and in the
Western civilization, that there was an Industrial Revolution --
other civilizations could change gradually instead of explosively.
This would give the lang time to adopt scientific and tech terms.


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