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More heat than light : sex-difference science and the study of language /
In the Sedgewick lecture for 2012, Professor Deborah Cameron investigates the age-old question of whether men and women are different kinds of beings, both physically and intellectually. She begins by noting that in the 19th century that most writers saw men as being intellectually superior to women...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver [B.C.] :
Ronsdale Press,
©2012
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| Colección: | Garnett Sedgewick memorial lecture ;
2012. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the Sedgewick lecture for 2012, Professor Deborah Cameron investigates the age-old question of whether men and women are different kinds of beings, both physically and intellectually. She begins by noting that in the 19th century that most writers saw men as being intellectually superior to women in their use of language. But she also observes that this position was gradually modified in the 20th century, that is, until the 1990s, when there was a sudden resurgence of the essentialist idea, this time with many writers concluding that women were programmed to be the better language users. Ca. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781553802235 1553802233 9781553802228 1553802225 |