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SUMMARY:Distinguished Language Science Colloquium: Stanislav Mulík
DESCRIPTION:\nStandard Spanish has a binary grammatical gender system ma
	ndating agreement across pronouns\, articles\, nouns\, and adjectives. F
	or plural human­ referent nouns\, a notable asymmetry exists: the femini
	ne (las amigas) is exclusive to females\, while the masculine (los amigo
	s) is the unmarked\, generic form for all-male\, mixed-gender\, or unspe
	cified-gender groups (RAE\, 2009). Nonetheless\, non-standard neutral fo
	rms (e.g.\, les amigues) are gaining currency despite prescriptive exclu
	sion. This novel use for the -e(s) suffix can be potentially interpreted
	 either as a marked non-binary gender form\, or as a neutral\, non-marke
	d form including any gender. Therefore\, its cognitive processing and se
	mantic function are ambiguous: is it a new competing generic form or a s
	pecific marker for individuals beyond the gender binary? This study expl
	ores this ambiguity in native Mexican Spanish speakers using self-paced 
	reading and gender-assignment tasks to test plural nouns with masculine 
	(-os)\, feminine (­as)\, and neutral (-es) endings.\n\nFor more details:
	 https://events.la.psu.edu/event/sip-colloquium-stanislav-mulik/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>Standard Spanis
	h has a binary grammatical gender system mandating agreement across pron
	ouns, articles, nouns, and adjectives. For plural human­ referent nouns,
	 a notable asymmetry exists: the feminine (las amigas) is exclusive to f
	emales, while the masculine (los amigos) is the unmarked, generic form f
	or all-male, mixed-gender, or unspecified-gender groups (RAE, 2009). Non
	etheless, non-standard neutral forms (e.g., les amigues) are gaining cur
	rency despite prescriptive exclusion. This novel use for the -e(s) suffi
	x can be potentially interpreted either as a marked non-binary gender fo
	rm, or as a neutral, non-marked form including any gender. Therefore, it
	s cognitive processing and semantic function are ambiguous: is it a new 
	competing generic form or a specific marker for individuals beyond the g
	ender binary? This study explores this ambiguity in native Mexican Spani
	sh speakers using self-paced reading and gender-assignment tasks to test
	 plural nouns with masculine (-os), feminine (­as), and neutral (-es) en
	dings.</p><p>For more details: <a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/
	sip-colloquium-stanislav-mulik/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/sip-col
	loquium-stanislav-mulik/</a></p></body></html>
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