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... men are the only beneficiaries of PUD , and if I am judged unkind for telling the truth about English and how it maintains male dominance , so be it . THE PATRIARCHAL UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE ( PUD ) Analyzing a language , especially ...
... men are the only beneficiaries of PUD , and if I am judged unkind for telling the truth about English and how it maintains male dominance , so be it . THE PATRIARCHAL UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE ( PUD ) Analyzing a language , especially ...
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... male dominance in English are not due , then , to valid anger at male control of English or a political commitment to make English a more adequate language for women . Any woman who would dare challenge male dominance in language ( or ...
... male dominance in English are not due , then , to valid anger at male control of English or a political commitment to make English a more adequate language for women . Any woman who would dare challenge male dominance in language ( or ...
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... male superiority as " consensus " reality ( PUD ) . There are at least four ways women figure in PUD ; the first two are already familiar : 1. DELIMITING : as objects , women's being and behaviors are named by men ; 2. RESTRICTIVE : as ...
... male superiority as " consensus " reality ( PUD ) . There are at least four ways women figure in PUD ; the first two are already familiar : 1. DELIMITING : as objects , women's being and behaviors are named by men ; 2. RESTRICTIVE : as ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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