This is a post by Martina Rosola (University of Barcelona). Gender is expressed differently in each language. While in English, personal pronouns an a handful nouns are the only gendered words, in so-called grammatical gender languages, like Italian, German or Spanish, gender is everywhere (cf. Stahlberg et al. 2007). In these languages, several linguistic items are gendered: nouns, articles, adjectives, and some verbs. Crucially, the grammatical gender of a personal noun reflects its...
