Structural properties, incongruences and asymmetries: French. Gender in French

Schafroth, Elmar

doi:10.1075/impact.11.08sch

In:Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 11] 2003
► pp. 87–117

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French. Gender in French

Structural properties, incongruences and asymmetries

Elmar Schafroth | University of Augsburg, Germany

Published online: 10 April 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.08sch

1.Introduction

2.Categories of gender in French

2.1Grammatical gender

2.1.1Grammatical gender classes and agreement

2.1.2Gender assignment

2.2Lexical gender

2.3Referential gender

2.4Social gender

2.5Generic masculines

3.Gender-specification in French

3.1Word-formation

3.1.1Derivation

3.1.2Compounding

3.2Morphosyntax: Double gender

3.3Conflicts in agreement

3.3.1Textlinguistic dimension

3.3.2The principle of servitude grammaticale

4.Conclusion

Notes

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