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American Talk, Part 2 of 3: Language and Gender
Is American English sexist? How does the language we speak reflect, embrace, and modify our social and individual notions of the connections between gender and speech? Cheris Kramarae addresses these and other questions about language and usage. At the time of … Continue reading
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American Talk, Part 1 of 3
Ron Butters, Crawford Feagin, and Walt Wolfram address the subject of American speech and word usage. They ask, for example, what professional linguists say about speech and the use of words. How do Americans use English? And to what social, … Continue reading
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Tagged English - U.S. - Usage, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
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