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... Jespersen observed : " Woman is linguistically quicker than man : quicker to learn , quicker to hear , and quicker to answer . " If we are more articulate than men , men are linguistically slower than women . Granting this , however ...
... Jespersen observed : " Woman is linguistically quicker than man : quicker to learn , quicker to hear , and quicker to answer . " If we are more articulate than men , men are linguistically slower than women . Granting this , however ...
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... Jespersen's chapter , " The Woman , ” in Language : Its Nature , Devel- opment and Origin ( 1921 ) , is probably the most frequently quoted by scholars concerned with sex - specific linguistic distinctions . Of almost 450 pages of text ...
... Jespersen's chapter , " The Woman , ” in Language : Its Nature , Devel- opment and Origin ( 1921 ) , is probably the most frequently quoted by scholars concerned with sex - specific linguistic distinctions . Of almost 450 pages of text ...
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... Jespersen did connect the Carib women's restricted speech with other verbal taboos . Note that his use of " old Caribs " and " tribe " in this quotation excludes women . Now as a matter of fact we find that verbal tabu was a common ...
... Jespersen did connect the Carib women's restricted speech with other verbal taboos . Note that his use of " old Caribs " and " tribe " in this quotation excludes women . Now as a matter of fact we find that verbal tabu was a common ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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