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Cameron, Deborah – Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines communication training aimed at women, such as assertiveness training, as an example of linguistics applied to real-world problems and argues that both the problem and the proposed solution are sociolinguistically and politically misconstrued. Such training often makes overgeneralizations regarding women's communication skills and assumes…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Females