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Newbury House Publ., 1983 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 342 pages

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Contents

Introduction
3
The Case for Nonsexist Language
23
Prescriptive Grammar and the Pronoun Problem
38
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Language, gender, and society
Language, gender, and society
Barrie Thorne
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Language, gender, and society
Language, gender, and society
Barrie Thorne,Cheris Kramarae,Nancy Henley
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Language, gender, and society
Language, gender, and society
Barrie Thorne
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About the author (1983)

Kramarae is Professor Emerita, University of Illinois and Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon.

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TitleLanguage, Gender, and Society
AuthorBarrie Thorne
EditorsBarrie Thorne, Cheris Kramarae, Nancy M. Henley
Photographs byBarrie Thorne, Cheris Kramarae
ContributorCheris Kramarae
Editionreprint
PublisherNewbury House Publ., 1983
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized25 Apr 2008
ISBN088377268X, 9780883772683
Length342 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Social Science / Gender Studies
  
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