Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque

Today, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, etc. that have a single form and are used indiscriminately in the masculine and feminine gender are most often considered epicene. In the grammatical tradition, however, we also find another usage: initially, nouns that had one gender but were used for animals or...

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Main Author: Daniel Elmiger
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Language:fra
Published: Association Genres, sexualités, langage 2023-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/glad/6637
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description Today, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, etc. that have a single form and are used indiscriminately in the masculine and feminine gender are most often considered epicene. In the grammatical tradition, however, we also find another usage: initially, nouns that had one gender but were used for animals or humans regardless of their sex or gender identity (e.g., in French le crabe, la perdrix, l’individu ou la personne) were considered epicene. More generally, epicene has also long been taken to mean any form of non-discriminatory language use: epicene was (and still is) therefore in competition with inclusive.
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Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
Glad!
grammatical gender
grammar
inclusive language
epicene
title Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
title_full Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
title_fullStr Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
title_full_unstemmed Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
title_short Les épicènes : une notion caméléonesque
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topic grammatical gender
grammar
inclusive language
epicene
url https://journals.openedition.org/glad/6637
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