Abstract
AbstractApart from the “good French” set by normative grammar, there is the “French” which native speakers unconsciously acquire by ear, resorting to acquisition processes employed by L1 that intuitively apply clues which are at the same time contextual, graphophonic, morphologic and semantic. Our approach is based on the feminine mark, which is the “final” -e. We propose a distribution of gender based on the graphophonic and morphophonologic appearance of the nouns and present a maximal systemization of principles governing distribution based on the morphophonologic rule of Cassal (1876). We show, by scanning through different varieties and modes, how innovations (vacillating) spread in a “historical language” (written / spoken) and eventually gain acceptance in the “exemplary” “standard” (the “good” usage). The “exemplary” “standard” therefore follows the evolution of language, and, in time, the “exemplary” variety (usage, “standard”) follows that which is common in popular usage (variety, “standard”).
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