Elgin claims in her discussion of the origin of Ladan that she sought to construct “a language designed specifically to provide a more adequate mechanism for expressing women’s perceptions” and that, in opposition, Klingon is “as ‘masculine’ as you could possibly get.”

In a response of approximately 250 words, please provide your best argument for Elgin’s claims. That is, regardless of your personal opinion, try to argue on behalf of Elgin based on the word choice in both languages.

For word choice, browse two sources, the Ladan core words (https://laadanlanguage.wordpress.com/laadan-reference/core-words/), as well as the online Klingon dictionary (http://klingonska.org/dict/?q=tlh%3A (Links to an external site.)).

Look for 6 words: 3 words that are in Elgin’s core words that aren’t in the Klingon lexicon and 3 in the Klingon lexicon not in Elgin’s core words. None of these 6 should be in the Swadesh list

Then, please discuss these 6 words and why you think they would best make Elgin’s argument that Klingon is especially “masculine”, and Ladan is especially not. Part of your answer should make clear what you are assuming “masculine” meant to Elgin. Be sure to talk about each of the 6 words