A table named James or a table named Maya?

Abstract In French, the noun apple ( la pomme ) is grammatically feminine, in German der Apfel it masculine. Does this entail that French speakers perceive apples to be feminine whereas attribute masculine characteristics them? Various studies suggest grammatical gender does indeed influence object perception Haertlé 2017 ; Boroditsky & Schmidt 2000 ), although findings are not always replicated Bender et al. 2011 ). The current study investigates phenomenon for Polish, an understudied language domain, and German, a which contradictory results have been obtained. We investigated whether Polish N = 21) 27) follow of when providing first name (e.g. James or Maya). Results while provided names were accordance with object’s gender, did not. Cross-linguistic differences between these two languages (regarding transparency) may explain findings.