Re: Gender in conlangs (was: Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad))
| From: | Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Sunday, November 2, 2003, 0:56 |
|---|
Isidora Zamora wrote:
> The question that I still have not been able to answer for myself is
> whether a human corpse would be epicine or inanimate. There are good
> arguments for each side, and I think that the answer to the question is
> culturally significant.
My conlang has only 2 genders: "subjective" and "objective". Everything is
"objective" except the persons, the pets and the spirits. The spirit and the
person is one single "subjective" thing but the body is an object, a tool of
the mind to interact with the material world. The body without the spirit
which turns it into a person will be described by an "objective" pronoun.
I guess that's very culturally significant. Anyway, that's the answer I've
given to your question.
See ya,
=====================
Remi Villatel
maxilys@normandnet.fr
=====================
Replies