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In a genderless and sexless society, what would pronouns be based on? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

This question has a false premise and thus makes no sense.

Many natural languages are already genderless, so your question is equivalent to: "In genderless and sexless languages, what are pronouns based on?", implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago

    implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.

    Pronouns are a shortcut for a noun. They do not need to be linked to genders. Singular third-person pronouns benefit from some variance based what is talked about. As other comments pointed out, these third-person pronouns could be based on social status, age, physical proximity, familiarity, etc.

    That's all there is about my question.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    @aldhissla @enemyofsun I would argue even having pronouns might not be strictly necessary.

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