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Download full textTerrebonne, Nancy; Terrebonne, Robert – 1976
In this paper various sexist practices in the English language are discussed and feminist criticism of these practices is given. This criticism is analyzed in terms of the kinds of linguistic changes proposed and the extent to which these changes have taken hold, assessing the prospects for success of each type of change. Three particular…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedCoupland, Nikolas; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Measures the reactions of teachers all over Wales to a number of varieties of Welsh English, as well as Standard British English. While they endorsed the social value of Standard British English as holding most prestige, the Southwest Wales variety emerged as a dynamic and the most truly Welsh-sounding contender for the title of Standard Welsh…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Attitude Measures, Data Analysis, English
