HLTC22H3 Lecture Notes - George Lakoff
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Chinese, persian do not have grammatical gender: genderless languages are not immune to sexism, otto jespersen, impressionistic methodology, mary haas, identified sex exclusive language is koasati, sex exclusive linguistic features vs. sex preferential linguistic features, sex exclusive linguistic features. Takes away the binary features of our language, broadens the term sex exclusive use of language is very rare may be found among traditional cultures: understanding social arrangements between the sexes is key to understanding the language gender relationship, sex preferential use of language are more common. They refer to tendencies in men and women and how they differ in a given: why is language a feminist issue? context, language reflects society problematic = language has no power in society other than reflecting what"s already there, sexist language and sexist discourse, emphasizing binary genders, some people like the binary, mr. vs mrs.
