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... feelings . When one woman accuses another of using " empty rhetoric , " she's saying that the other woman's language is a container that she hasn't put anything into , as though words and sentences are objects we fill , like gas tanks ...
... feelings . When one woman accuses another of using " empty rhetoric , " she's saying that the other woman's language is a container that she hasn't put anything into , as though words and sentences are objects we fill , like gas tanks ...
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... feelings . By this distinction , I want to separate emotions , which I believe to be relatively permanent internal states , and feelings , which I think are more transient responses to actions and behaviors in a specific situation . We ...
... feelings . By this distinction , I want to separate emotions , which I believe to be relatively permanent internal states , and feelings , which I think are more transient responses to actions and behaviors in a specific situation . We ...
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... feelings and emotional responses outside of us . If only so - and - so hadn't done this or that , we think , we wouldn't feel like we do . Likewise , if these verbs force us to blame what someone else does or says for our feelings ...
... feelings and emotional responses outside of us . If only so - and - so hadn't done this or that , we think , we wouldn't feel like we do . Likewise , if these verbs force us to blame what someone else does or says for our feelings ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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