Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions
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==== Endings with consonant X in the masculine and consonant X with phonetic change triggered by presence of final '-e' in the feminine ==== | ==== Endings with consonant X in the masculine and consonant X with phonetic change triggered by presence of final '-e' in the feminine ==== | ||
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Florence Ashley highlights that the order of the feminine and masculine morphemes doesn't matter.<ref name=":5" /> Usage, intelligibleness and personal preference dictate which forms will gain in popularity. However, the prosodic sequencing of syllables in French can have an impact on intelligibility. 'naïvif' — feminine morpheme first, masculine morpheme afterwards —, for example, sequenced as [na'i'vif], makes appear the word 'vif' (i. e. 'vivacious). | Florence Ashley highlights that the order of the feminine and masculine morphemes doesn't matter.<ref name=":5" /> Usage, intelligibleness and personal preference dictate which forms will gain in popularity. However, the prosodic sequencing of syllables in French can have an impact on intelligibility. 'naïvif' — feminine morpheme first, masculine morpheme afterwards —, for example, sequenced as [na'i'vif], makes appear the word 'vif' (i. e. 'vivacious'). | ||
==== Some gender neutral nouns from irregular substantives ==== | ==== Some gender neutral nouns from irregular substantives ==== | ||