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... explicitly modified by a female term . In English , most prestige references are understood to belong to the default ... explicit for women . Feminists attempted to erase the female - specific distinction by urging adop- tion of the ...
... explicitly modified by a female term . In English , most prestige references are understood to belong to the default ... explicit for women . Feminists attempted to erase the female - specific distinction by urging adop- tion of the ...
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... explicit antecedent available to the hearer or reader . As a result , nonreferential it has a wide range of euphemistic uses , as do this and that . We may have difficulty identifying false deixis in the midst of our own arguments and ...
... explicit antecedent available to the hearer or reader . As a result , nonreferential it has a wide range of euphemistic uses , as do this and that . We may have difficulty identifying false deixis in the midst of our own arguments and ...
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... explicit agent of " degrades women . " Again , the inani- mate nation was responsible ; obliquely , men became the sole inhabitants of Brazil . The endangered women were invisible . Safer's use of Brazil as an explicit agent implied ...
... explicit agent of " degrades women . " Again , the inani- mate nation was responsible ; obliquely , men became the sole inhabitants of Brazil . The endangered women were invisible . Safer's use of Brazil as an explicit agent implied ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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