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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... verb , use of perfective ' have ' , ' be ' or ' get ' passive , negation ( multiple or not ) , subject verb agreement ( is / are , was / were , don't / doesn't ) , variant nominal constructions ( me / my ) and aspects of clause syntax ...
... verb , use of perfective ' have ' , ' be ' or ' get ' passive , negation ( multiple or not ) , subject verb agreement ( is / are , was / were , don't / doesn't ) , variant nominal constructions ( me / my ) and aspects of clause syntax ...
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... verb ' to scrape ' and the noun ' scrape ' . In men's slang , these words stand for ' to copulate ' and ' copulation ' . The women's interpretation of these words , ' to have a curette ' and ' abortion ' , has gone largely unnoticed ...
... verb ' to scrape ' and the noun ' scrape ' . In men's slang , these words stand for ' to copulate ' and ' copulation ' . The women's interpretation of these words , ' to have a curette ' and ' abortion ' , has gone largely unnoticed ...
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... verb like and associations between who uses the verb and about whom or what it is used , we find some notable gender differences . In particular , girl / s are significantly more likely than boy / s to use like to describe animals and ...
... verb like and associations between who uses the verb and about whom or what it is used , we find some notable gender differences . In particular , girl / s are significantly more likely than boy / s to use like to describe animals and ...
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Notes on contributors iv | 5 |
research in New Zealand | 32 |
Sex differences in intergroup and intragroup | 45 |
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