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... Dyirbal , an aboriginal language of Australia , illustrates how beings and objects are categorized from the male perspective . G. Lakoff , using R. M. W. Dixon's description of the Dyirbal classification system ( 1982 ) , elucidated ...
... Dyirbal , an aboriginal language of Australia , illustrates how beings and objects are categorized from the male perspective . G. Lakoff , using R. M. W. Dixon's description of the Dyirbal classification system ( 1982 ) , elucidated ...
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... Dyirbal , this principle predicts that we will find what we find . " The domain- of - experience principle says that there are certain domains of experience that are significant for Dyirbal categorization " ( 99 ; my emphasis ) ...
... Dyirbal , this principle predicts that we will find what we find . " The domain- of - experience principle says that there are certain domains of experience that are significant for Dyirbal categorization " ( 99 ; my emphasis ) ...
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... Dyirbal . Whether this similarity is attributable to Dixon's interpretation of his data or to the way men think , I ... Dyirbal . Dyirbal classifies the sun as female , the moon as male ; English classifies them in reverse . In Dyirbal ...
... Dyirbal . Whether this similarity is attributable to Dixon's interpretation of his data or to the way men think , I ... Dyirbal . Dyirbal classifies the sun as female , the moon as male ; English classifies them in reverse . In Dyirbal ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
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