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====[[wikipedia:Object_pronoun|Object pronouns]]: [[wikipedia:Clitic|clitics]] and [[wikipedia:Disjunctive_pronoun|tonic pronouns]]==== | ====[[wikipedia:Object_pronoun|Object pronouns]]: [[wikipedia:Clitic|clitics]] and [[wikipedia:Disjunctive_pronoun|tonic pronouns]]==== | ||
French distinguishes between clitic and tonic object pronouns. A clitic is a word that attaches in a syntactically rigid way to another word to form a prosodic unit with it, lacking prosodic as well as distributional autonomy.<ref name=":8">Michel, L./Levet, D. (2017): ''La catégorie de la personne''. Saint-Denis: MSH 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 (retrieved 15.12.2023).</ref> Currently, there is no prevailing gender-neutral clitic direct object personal pronoun; the most common ones are detailed below. | French distinguishes between clitic and tonic object pronouns. A clitic is a word that attaches in a syntactically rigid way to another word to form a [[wikipedia:Prosody_(linguistics)|prosodic]] unit with it, lacking prosodic as well as distributional autonomy.<ref name=":8">Michel, L./Levet, D. (2017): ''La catégorie de la personne''. Saint-Denis: MSH 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 (retrieved 15.12.2023).</ref> Currently, there is no prevailing gender-neutral clitic direct object personal pronoun; the most common ones are detailed below. | ||
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