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... perceptions it could not express because they would lead to its indirect self - destruction , " she took the idea to another level of abstraction : " for every culture there are languages it could not use because they would lead to its ...
... perceptions it could not express because they would lead to its indirect self - destruction , " she took the idea to another level of abstraction : " for every culture there are languages it could not use because they would lead to its ...
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... perceptions . Whatever a woman said she felt or perceived , we accepted as necessarily true . Our desire to affirm every woman's perceptions was a lofty aspiration , and our own experiences of the social / political realities of ...
... perceptions . Whatever a woman said she felt or perceived , we accepted as necessarily true . Our desire to affirm every woman's perceptions was a lofty aspiration , and our own experiences of the social / political realities of ...
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... perceptions . In order to change the way we describe the world and talk among ourselves , we will have to find words that fit our perceptions and structures that organize our experiences with as little distortion as possible . As we ...
... perceptions . In order to change the way we describe the world and talk among ourselves , we will have to find words that fit our perceptions and structures that organize our experiences with as little distortion as possible . As we ...
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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