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==Neologisms== | ==Neologisms== | ||
* '''Subject pronouns:''' Only third person singular marks gender ("elle" and "il"). Up to the 12th century, French knew the neutral subject pronoun "el"/"al".<ref>Marchello-Nizia Christiane. Le neutre et l'impersonnel. In: ''Linx'', n°21, 1989. Genre et langage. Actes du colloque tenu à Paris X-Nanterre les 14-15-16 décembre 1988, sous la direction de Eliane Koskas et Danielle Leeman. 173-179. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/linx.1989.1139. Online at: www.persee.fr/doc/linx_0246-8743_1989_num_21_1_1139.</ref> Today, "el" cannot be recuperate from ancient French as it would be pronounced the same as "elle", the current feminin subject pronoun. In Laurentian French (Canada), "al" sounds exactly like "elle" in spoken language. It could however be an interesting candidate for non Canadian French speakers. Nevertheless, today, | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Gender neutral language]] | [[Category:Gender neutral language]] | ||