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Challenging the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men (as language and gender literature claim), Sara Mills discusses the complex relationship between gender and politeness. Mills argues that, although women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity, can appear to... read more
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This chapter is concerned with general problems with linguistic interpretation.
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- Sara Mills (Author)
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- Dewey: 306.44
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