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... tion , is among the most contorted constructions in which misogyny and prescriptivism cooperate to befuddle and mislead us . Significantly , whatever rules men come up with to justify their ungainly creation never work , yet they will ...
... tion , is among the most contorted constructions in which misogyny and prescriptivism cooperate to befuddle and mislead us . Significantly , whatever rules men come up with to justify their ungainly creation never work , yet they will ...
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... tion for raping his daughter . In the following exchanges from Kids Don't Tell , readers will notice other words , such as what , used as false deictics in addition to the three I've discussed so far , and how particular phrases are ...
... tion for raping his daughter . In the following exchanges from Kids Don't Tell , readers will notice other words , such as what , used as false deictics in addition to the three I've discussed so far , and how particular phrases are ...
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... tion of the world in which children grow in d . , we are asked to accept subjective descriptions as statements of incontrovertible " fact . " The asser- tions about anger in a . , for example , turn out to be circular when we question ...
... tion of the world in which children grow in d . , we are asked to accept subjective descriptions as statements of incontrovertible " fact . " The asser- tions about anger in a . , for example , turn out to be circular when we question ...
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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