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.
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Sociolinguistics. Language and languages--Sex differences.