Inclusive Variety and Morphological Truth: a Small Typology of Abbreviated Personal Nouns
For some years now, abbreviations of French personal nouns have been multiplying in usage, and there is a rich variety of formal realisations (different cuts, different abbreviation signs, etc.). Several issues related to abbreviated common nouns are thematized and exemplified, in particular with the help of the designation « collaborateur(s) / collaboratrice(s) », which presents several morphological particularities. The result is a rich panoply of forms and functions, which testifies to the complexity of the phenomenon in French.
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- inclusive language
- morphology
- shortened double forms
- abbreviations
- variation
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Association GSL, GLAD! Revue sur le langage, le genre, les sexualités 13 | 2022
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French
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Paris
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2022
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Language(s) – discourse – communication
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Linguistics
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