Women and Language in Australian and New Zealand SocietyAnne Pauwels Language and gender research including role of Aboriginal women in language change and language maintenance; paper by Jakelin Troy on Aboriginal women and contact languages separately annotated. |
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... Miss ' versus ' Mr ' has its origins in the mid - 18th century . Incidentally , it took well over a hundred years for the practice of calling an unmarried woman ' Miss ' to become universally accepted . In the nineteenth century , the ...
... Miss ' versus ' Mr ' has its origins in the mid - 18th century . Incidentally , it took well over a hundred years for the practice of calling an unmarried woman ' Miss ' to become universally accepted . In the nineteenth century , the ...
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... Miss ' distinction is sexist in two ways : firstly , it describes a woman's status in terms which are of interest mainly to men , i.e. information about her sexual availability is provided . Secondly , the use of ' Miss ' to refer to ...
... Miss ' distinction is sexist in two ways : firstly , it describes a woman's status in terms which are of interest mainly to men , i.e. information about her sexual availability is provided . Secondly , the use of ' Miss ' to refer to ...
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... Miss ' has remained more or less stable and the use of ' Mrs ' has undergone a gradual decrease . It should not come as a surprise that the majority of female university students ( most of whom are undergraduates ) use the ' Miss ...
... Miss ' has remained more or less stable and the use of ' Mrs ' has undergone a gradual decrease . It should not come as a surprise that the majority of female university students ( most of whom are undergraduates ) use the ' Miss ...
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Notes on contributors iv | 5 |
research in New Zealand | 32 |
Sex differences in intergroup and intragroup | 45 |
Copyright | |
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