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... words , words that express the reality of women's abili- ties , that convey women's potential strength and autonomy . We must escape from the language trap that has male as norm , woman as deviant . ( 16 ) If we have choices now , women ...
... words , words that express the reality of women's abili- ties , that convey women's potential strength and autonomy . We must escape from the language trap that has male as norm , woman as deviant . ( 16 ) If we have choices now , women ...
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... words , including the infor- mation about which vocabulary choices are the preferred terms for talking about certain situations and events . The semantic structure of a language can be thought of as a grid , a conceptual frame , that ...
... words , including the infor- mation about which vocabulary choices are the preferred terms for talking about certain situations and events . The semantic structure of a language can be thought of as a grid , a conceptual frame , that ...
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... words to free ourselves from the mind- binding framework of androcentrism . The Casting of Spells describes how changing the shape of words transforms them so that they can " convey Super Natural meanings ... masked and muted by man's ...
... words to free ourselves from the mind- binding framework of androcentrism . The Casting of Spells describes how changing the shape of words transforms them so that they can " convey Super Natural meanings ... masked and muted by man's ...
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