L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité

Unlike Latin, which still had three grammatical genders, French now has only two, the feminine and the masculine. While certain (semantic or formal) neutralisation strategies are possible, the neuter as a grammatical gender is absent – unless it is recreated, which would require a profound restructu...

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Main Author: Daniel Elmiger
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Language:fra
Published: Association Genres, sexualités, langage 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/glad/7120
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description Unlike Latin, which still had three grammatical genders, French now has only two, the feminine and the masculine. While certain (semantic or formal) neutralisation strategies are possible, the neuter as a grammatical gender is absent – unless it is recreated, which would require a profound restructuring of French morphology. Nevertheless, the discourse around the neuter allows us to better conceive of the uter, namely the binarity inherent in language, which can prevent us from considering non-binarity.
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spelling doaj-art-3b4caac3440442abbeb9af6c47447cca2025-01-30T10:36:14ZfraAssociation Genres, sexualités, langageGlad!2551-08192023-12-011510.4000/glad.7120L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altéritéDaniel ElmigerUnlike Latin, which still had three grammatical genders, French now has only two, the feminine and the masculine. While certain (semantic or formal) neutralisation strategies are possible, the neuter as a grammatical gender is absent – unless it is recreated, which would require a profound restructuring of French morphology. Nevertheless, the discourse around the neuter allows us to better conceive of the uter, namely the binarity inherent in language, which can prevent us from considering non-binarity.https://journals.openedition.org/glad/7120grammarbinaritynon-binarityneuterneutralisation
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L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
Glad!
grammar
binarity
non-binarity
neuter
neutralisation
title L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
title_full L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
title_fullStr L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
title_full_unstemmed L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
title_short L’utre et le neutre : la binarité et l’altérité
title_sort l utre et le neutre la binarite et l alterite
topic grammar
binarity
non-binarity
neuter
neutralisation
url https://journals.openedition.org/glad/7120
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