Sara Mills

Language and Sexism

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh and critical discussion of sexism in language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780521807111
• ISBN-10: 0521807115
• Artikelnr.: 24927918

Autorenporträt

Sara Mills is a Research Professor in Linguistics in the English Department at Sheffield Hallam University. Her recent publications include Gender and Colonial Space (2004) and Gender and Politeness (Cambridge, 2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Overt sexism
3. Language reform
4. `Political correctness'
5. Indirect sexism
6. Conclusions.

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1. Introduction; 2. Overt sexism; 3. Language reform; 4. `Political correctnessâ; 5. Indirect sexism; 6. Conclusions.

Rezensionen

'... very useful as a discussion and evaluation of the past and present work on linguistic sexism in English, anti-sexist reform and its public reception.' Journal of Sociolinguistics