How gender shapes the world /

This text focuses on how gender in its many guises - linguistic, natural, social - is reflected in human languages, how it features in myths and metaphors, and the role it plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald's extensive fieldw...

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1. Verfasser:
Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This text focuses on how gender in its many guises - linguistic, natural, social - is reflected in human languages, how it features in myths and metaphors, and the role it plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald's extensive fieldwork in Amazonia and New Guinea.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-103569-6
0-19-179109-1
Schlagworte:
Gènere.
Diferències entre sexes.
Sociolingüística.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages > Sex differences.
Llibres electrònics
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