Pronunciation Challenge How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

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Lots of languages have grammatical gender, so every noun gets assigned a gender, often masculine or feminine. And these genders differ across languages.

Key Vocabulary

1. grammatical

grammatical

[grəˈmætəkəl] (adj.)

grammar

[ˈgræmər] (n.)

2. gender

gender

[ˈʤɛndər] (n.)

sex

[sɛks] (n.)

3. masculine

masculine

[ˈmæskjələn] (adj.)

manly

[ˈmænli] (adj.)

4. feminine

feminine

[ˈfɛmənən] (adj.)

womanly

[ˈwʊmənli] (adj.)