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... perceive . The mutually reen- forcing relationship between what we perceive and what we can talk about is a cognitive loop : we perceive what we have words for and vice versa . What we can't talk about we often fail to perceive . Every ...
... perceive . The mutually reen- forcing relationship between what we perceive and what we can talk about is a cognitive loop : we perceive what we have words for and vice versa . What we can't talk about we often fail to perceive . Every ...
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... perceive what the culture has taught us to perceive , because we perceive only what we expect to . If we believe that what we perceive is all there is , we miss all the activity going on beyond the descriptions permitted by patriar ...
... perceive what the culture has taught us to perceive , because we perceive only what we expect to . If we believe that what we perceive is all there is , we miss all the activity going on beyond the descriptions permitted by patriar ...
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... perceive the world . What Halliday called " freedom of movement " I would describe as the imposition of male ways of thinking . However , I agree in a qualified way with Halliday's conclusions about the relationship between the ...
... perceive the world . What Halliday called " freedom of movement " I would describe as the imposition of male ways of thinking . However , I agree in a qualified way with Halliday's conclusions about the relationship between the ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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