Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions
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*'''doublets:''' "Nous prions les '''étudiantes''' et '''étudiants''' de remettre leur copie à la personne responsable". Some people don't enjoy the repetition<ref>OMPI (2022): ''Guide de l’OMPI pour un langage inclusif en français''. Genève. Online at: https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/women-and-ip/fr/docs/guidelines-inclusive-language.pdf (12.12.2023), p. 7.</ref>, others consider that the doublets don't encompass all genders<ref name=":4">Ménard, Jean-Sébastien (2021): ''Pour un français neutre et une inclusion des personnes non binaires : une entrevue avec Florence Ashley''. Longueuil. Online at:https://www.cegepmontpetit.ca/static/uploaded/Files/Cegep/Centre%20de%20reference/Le%20francais%20saffiche/Une-entrevue-avec-Florence-Ashley.pdf (12.12.2023), p. 13, p. 6.</ref>. | *'''doublets:''' "Nous prions les '''étudiantes''' et '''étudiants''' de remettre leur copie à la personne responsable". Some people don't enjoy the repetition<ref>OMPI (2022): ''Guide de l’OMPI pour un langage inclusif en français''. Genève. Online at: https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/women-and-ip/fr/docs/guidelines-inclusive-language.pdf (12.12.2023), p. 7.</ref>, others consider that the doublets don't encompass all genders<ref name=":4">Ménard, Jean-Sébastien (2021): ''Pour un français neutre et une inclusion des personnes non binaires : une entrevue avec Florence Ashley''. Longueuil. Online at:https://www.cegepmontpetit.ca/static/uploaded/Files/Cegep/Centre%20de%20reference/Le%20francais%20saffiche/Une-entrevue-avec-Florence-Ashley.pdf (12.12.2023), p. 13, p. 6.</ref>. | ||
*'''shortened doublets'''<ref name=":4" />: Only the suffix is repeated, not the entire word. | *'''shortened doublets'''<ref name=":4" />: Only the suffix is repeated, not the entire word. | ||
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*'''epicene person descriptions<ref name=":5">Divergenres (2021): ''Guide de grammaire neutre et inclusive''. Québec. Online at: https://divergenres.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/guide-grammaireinclusive-final.pdf, p. 4.</ref>:''' "Les élèves apprennent leur leçon."; "L'enfant regarde la télévision."; "Les juges ont pris leur décision.". Since singular article mark gender ("la" and "le"), this functions best with plural forms. It works with singular forms if the noun starts with a vowel, because the article automatically turns into "l'...", which doesn't mark gender. A downside is that there aren't epicene person descriptions for all professions or functions. | *'''epicene person descriptions<ref name=":5">Divergenres (2021): ''Guide de grammaire neutre et inclusive''. Québec. Online at: https://divergenres.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/guide-grammaireinclusive-final.pdf, p. 4.</ref>:''' "Les élèves apprennent leur leçon."; "L'enfant regarde la télévision."; "Les juges ont pris leur décision.". Since singular article mark gender ("la" and "le"), this functions best with plural forms. It works with singular forms if the noun starts with a vowel, because the article automatically turns into "l'...", which doesn't mark gender. A downside is that there aren't epicene person descriptions for all professions or functions. | ||
*'''grammatically fixed gender nouns and formulations'''<ref name=":5" />''':''' | *'''grammatically fixed gender nouns and formulations'''<ref name=":5" />''':''' | ||