Chinese is one of the world’s oldest languages and spoken by over one billion people. Its pronoun system may be on the cusp of significant change.
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Diversity terms often involve decades of scholarship being reduced to a single word. Understanding them – and knowing how to explain them – is crucial.
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Professeur en analyse de discours et communication à l'ESSLIL, chercheur au laboratoire ETHICS, Institut catholique de Lille (ICL)
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PhD Candidate, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University