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URL:https://nlocale.fr/en/evenements/villers-cotterets-2027-01-16-b0f7dc2b/
SUMMARY:Débat : La langue française a-t-elle un genre ?
DESCRIPTION:The debate « La langue française a-t-elle un genre ? » (does French have a gender?), with Anne Abeillé, Éliane Viennot, Guillaume Wisniewski and Pascal Gygax, takes place on Saturday 16 January 2027 from 16:00 to 17:30 at the Cité internationale de la langue française in Villers-Cotterêts, free with booking.\nI will see you on Saturday 16 January 2027 at 16:00 in the Salle Chêne of the Cité internationale de la langue française, 1 place Aristide Briand in Villers-Cotterêts, for a ninety-minute debate on the place of the feminine in the way French speakers express themselves.\n\nThe starting point: the Académie française currently defines the masculine gender as « neutral » to justify using it for both genders. Is that really so? Do our habits make French a masculine language? Which rules could promote equality between the sexes and help the language evolve? What does the history of French say on this, and how are artificial intelligence systems handling the question?\n\nAround the table: Anne Abeillé, linguist and member of the Linguistes atterrées collective; Éliane Viennot, professor emerita of Renaissance literature at Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne; Guillaume Wisniewski, computer engineer, PhD in artificial intelligence and senior lecturer at Université Paris Cité; and Pascal Gygax, psycholinguist at the University of Fribourg. The discussion is chaired by Suzanne Lesage, linguist at the University of Fribourg.\n\nAdmission is free, with booking, and open to all audiences.\nSaturday 16 January 2027, 16:00 to 17:30. Salle Chêne, Cité internationale de la langue française, 1 place Aristide Briand, 02600 Villers-Cotterêts. Free, booking through the Cité's online ticketing. All audiences.\nI will not tell you who is right, I already have enough trouble with my past participle agreements. I recommend this debate if the idea of a « neutral » masculine bothers you, either way. And for once, artificial intelligence is invited to the conversation without getting the last word.\nDoes French have a gender? Debate in Villers-Cotterêts\nDébat : La langue française a-t-elle un genre ? on 16 January 2027 at 16:00, Cité in Villers-Cotterêts, with Éliane Viennot and Pascal Gygax. Free, book.\nWhen is the debate?\nOn Saturday 16 January 2027, from 16:00 to 17:30.\nWho are the speakers?\nAnne Abeillé, Éliane Viennot, Guillaume Wisniewski and Pascal Gygax, chaired by Suzanne Lesage.\nIs it free?\nYes, but booking is required.\nWhat will be discussed?\nThe so-called « neutral » masculine, gender equality in language, the history of French and how artificial intelligence deals with the issue.
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