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... pieces of information : ( 1 ) to indicate to readers that , in my judg- ment , a given word , phrase , or sentence doesn't occur in a language ( for example , * career man , * women this walked from up gleefully ; ( 2 ) to mark a proto ...
... pieces of information : ( 1 ) to indicate to readers that , in my judg- ment , a given word , phrase , or sentence doesn't occur in a language ( for example , * career man , * women this walked from up gleefully ; ( 2 ) to mark a proto ...
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... pieces of the patriarchal universe of discourse that coerce us to perceive ourselves as participants in that universe , I'm assuming that the prevailing descriptions of the world are inaccurate and that the world so described is not ...
... pieces of the patriarchal universe of discourse that coerce us to perceive ourselves as participants in that universe , I'm assuming that the prevailing descriptions of the world are inaccurate and that the world so described is not ...
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... piece of the semantic system called " consensus reality , ' a way of visualizing how this portion of semantic space functions in our long - term memory , a picture of the grid patriarchy imposes on our experiences . ( Note : I use words ...
... piece of the semantic system called " consensus reality , ' a way of visualizing how this portion of semantic space functions in our long - term memory , a picture of the grid patriarchy imposes on our experiences . ( Note : I use words ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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