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... assertion that women use more tag- questions than men has been challenged on several grounds , among them the fact that male academics often use tag - questions , and parents of both sexes use tag - questions to address observations to ...
... assertion that women use more tag- questions than men has been challenged on several grounds , among them the fact that male academics often use tag - questions , and parents of both sexes use tag - questions to address observations to ...
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... assertion , we are in a minority , uninformed , or stupid . Because we don't want other people to perceive us as wrong - minded , such agentless passives attempt to make us distrust our own perceptions and intimidate us into accepting ...
... assertion , we are in a minority , uninformed , or stupid . Because we don't want other people to perceive us as wrong - minded , such agentless passives attempt to make us distrust our own perceptions and intimidate us into accepting ...
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... assertion that men obtain and maintain power and so are the culpable agents who subordinate women . And , if we accept the implied claim that men haven't used force to subordinate women , then the context manipulates us to infer that ...
... assertion that men obtain and maintain power and so are the culpable agents who subordinate women . And , if we accept the implied claim that men haven't used force to subordinate women , then the context manipulates us to infer that ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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