Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions

* '''Clitic and tonic pronouns:''' French distinguishes between clitic and tonic pronouns. A clitic is a word that attaches to another word to form a prosodic unit with it, lacking independent prosodic autonomy.<ref>Michel Launey, Dominique Levet (2017): ''La catégorie de la personne''. Maison des Sciences des l'Homme Paris Nord. Online at: https://web.ac-reims.fr/casnav/enfants_nouv_arrives/aide_a_la_scolarisation/LGIDF/LGIDF.LA%20PERSONNE.02.03.17.pdf.</ref> Currently, there is no prevailing gender neutral clitic direct object personal pronoun; the most common ones are detailed below.