Language, Gender, and Politics: Putting "Women" and "Power" in the Same Sentence

The Handbook of Language and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 160-178

  Lakoff, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Language; Politics; Writings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949032954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756942.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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