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... sex in vocabularies . The most common method assigns to male - specific words either the feature [ + male ] or , borrowing the terminology of gender , [ + masculine ] . Female - specific words are then marked as either [ -male ] or ...
... sex in vocabularies . The most common method assigns to male - specific words either the feature [ + male ] or , borrowing the terminology of gender , [ + masculine ] . Female - specific words are then marked as either [ -male ] or ...
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... female term . In English , most prestige references are understood to belong to the default category [ + male ] unless they are preceded by a female - specific word or carry a [ -male ] suffix such as -ess or -ette . Persons addressed ...
... female term . In English , most prestige references are understood to belong to the default category [ + male ] unless they are preceded by a female - specific word or carry a [ -male ] suffix such as -ess or -ette . Persons addressed ...
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... female - specific , and we all know that female nouns can't become " generic " in PUD . Elimination leaves us with " brotherly love , " a male - specific brand of love . Brother functions to exclude the idea of sexual activity ...
... female - specific , and we all know that female nouns can't become " generic " in PUD . Elimination leaves us with " brotherly love , " a male - specific brand of love . Brother functions to exclude the idea of sexual activity ...
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