Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. IU.

How gender shapes the world / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Specialized.

9780191791093 (ebook) : No price


Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages--Sex differences.

P120.S48

306.44