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How gender shapes the world / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

By: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191791093 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.44 23
LOC classification:
  • P120.S48
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

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