Gender Perception in Spanish and German Speakers
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In Spanish and Romance languages, how are nouns categorized?

  • Animated or inanimate
  • Neutral or plural
  • Masculine or feminine (correct)
  • Verbs or adjectives

    • How many genders can some Australian Aboriginal languages have for their nouns?

  • Thirty
  • Up to sixteen (correct)
  • Three
  • One

    • What do words belonging to the same grammatical gender receive in many languages?

  • Opposite grammatical treatment
  • Similar grammatical treatment (correct)
  • Different grammatical treatment
  • No grammatical treatment

    • Which part of speech needs to agree in gender with the noun in Russian?

    <p>All words in the sentence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Spanish and Romance languages require speakers to change depending on the noun's gender?

    <p>Pronouns, adjectives, and verb endings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest about the connection between language and thinking?

    <p>Grammatical markers might affect how people think about objects or events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has been found about languages that rely primarily on absolute reference frames?

    <p>They exist all over the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what types of cultures are absolute reference frame languages found?

    <p>In cultures that stay put and those that move around.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did teaching English speakers different ways of talking affect their mental representations?

    <p>It significantly changed their mental representations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect did teaching subjects new color categories have?

    <p>It produced similar categorical perception effects seen across languages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Are absolute reference frame languages tied to a specific type of landscape or natural environment according to the text?

    <p>No, they are found in various landscapes and environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Do new languages learned have an impact on how individuals think according to the text?

    <p>Yes, it significantly changes individuals' way of thinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do some scholars find the idea of linguistic relativity intuitive and compelling?

    <p>Because different languages encapsulate different world views.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the text compare language to visual perception in terms of constraints?

    <p>Language and visual perception have similar constraints based on physiology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might the languages we speak shape the ways we think?

    <p>Because what we know is primarily communicated through language which affects our minds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is language considered a limited input channel according to the text?

    <p>Because it restricts the transmission of certain information based on its properties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the text suggest that language can influence our minds?

    <p>By potentially exerting a strong influence over the contents of our minds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way does the text suggest that language differs from other sources of information?

    <p>Language has unique properties that affect our minds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Spanish and German speakers rate grammatically feminine objects when compared to pictures of females?

    <p>They rated them as more similar to females.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What influenced whether an artist chose to paint death as a man or a woman in the examples provided?

    <p>The grammatical gender of the word in the artist's native language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did German painters tend to depict death according to the information presented?

    <p>As a man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of personifications was predicted by grammatical gender in the artist's native language according to the text?

    <p>85%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Spanish and German speakers rate grammatically masculine objects when compared to pictures of males?

    <p>They rated them as more similar to males.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what language were the instructions given during the nonlinguistic tasks involving Spanish and German speakers?

    <p>English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a notable feature of the Arrernte language in terms of number words?

    <p>It only has number words for one and two.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the Arrernte language, how do people express quantities that go beyond two?

    <p>Using gestures like holding up fingers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply about the relationship between number vocabulary and numerical abilities?

    <p>Number vocabulary may not directly reflect numerical abilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does language play a significant role in shaping the contents of our minds?

    <p>To facilitate the acquisition of certain ideas over others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Borodisky's work suggest about the influence of language on our thoughts?

    <p>Language shapes the way we think.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the text, what can be inferred about language and its role in learning?

    <p>Languages influence what is learnable, making some ideas easier or harder to acquire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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