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Language and Woman's Place
Robin Tolmach Lakoff
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Description for Language and Woman's Place
Paperback. Presents an argument that language is fundamental to gender inequality, inaugurated language and gender research. This book presents commentaries by Lakoff and 26 other leading scholars of language, gender, and sexuality. Editor(s): Bucholtz, Mary. Series: Studies in Language & Gender. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
The 1975 publication of Language and Woman's Place, with its argument that language is fundamental to gender inequality, inaugurated language and gender research. This volume presents the original text along with commentaries by Lakoff and 26 other leading scholars of language, gender, and sexuality. The new edition places the text in contemporary context for a new generation of readers.
The 1975 publication of Language and Woman's Place, with its argument that language is fundamental to gender inequality, inaugurated language and gender research. This volume presents the original text along with commentaries by Lakoff and 26 other leading scholars of language, gender, and sexuality. The new edition places the text in contemporary context for a new generation of readers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Language & Gender
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195167573
SKU
V9780195167573
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Ref
99-21
About Robin Tolmach Lakoff
Robin Tolmach Lakoff is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Widely regarded as the founder of language and gender studies, she writes extensively about gender and power and is the author or coauthor of seven books and nearly one hundred articles. Mary Bucholz is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She ... Read more
Reviews for Language and Woman's Place
an exceptional piece of scholarship, and one must truly congratulate the editor for providing us with a brilliantly contextualised second edition of I WPR^ ... The book establishes with authority I WPR^'s status as the single most influential text in the history of language and gender.
Marlis Hellinger, Historiographia Linguistica
Marlis Hellinger, Historiographia Linguistica