Language and woman's place

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"In this original investigation, Robin Lakoff uncovers those roots of our language that classify and delineate the sexes. Why are parallel words--one applying to masculine beings, the other to feminine--not also parallel in their range of use and connotation? Why have "bachelor/spinster" or "master/mistress? come to mean such widely different things? Language and Woman's Place points out this parallelism as symptomatic of the nonparallelism in the roles of the sexes and as further reinforcement…

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Full title :Language and woman's place / Robin Lakoff.

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Publication Date:1989.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harper & Row
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1989.

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Description:83, [2] pages ; : 21 cm

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ISBN:0061320935, 9780061320934
oclc:ocn777277064
LC Classification:HQ1206
Dewey Decimal:420

pt. I. Language and woman's place. Introduction ; Talking like a lady ; Talking about women ; Conclusion -- pt. II. Why women are ladies. Introduction ; Forms of politeness ; Women and politeness ; Conclusion.