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the study of how language is related to how humans learn and process
information




Cognitive linguistics Phonology




Semiology Social anthropology




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,Discourses - "Practices which systematically form the objects of which
they speak." (Foucault, 1972). I.e. our repeated words create our
understanding of/the rules of our world.




Lacan (1968) Foucault (1972)




Chomsky (1965) Derrida (1975)




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The family name system of taking the father or husband's surname.




Collocations Patronymics




Epithet Semiology

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a linguistic form that is considered to be a neutral or a base form in a
language, e.g. actor or nurse




Exclusive Language Marked Form




Inclusive Language Unmarked Form




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"one must continually give off the appearance of being male or female
in order for your gender to be unproblematic in a given interaction."




Fishman quote 1 Fishman quote 4




Fishman quote 5 Fishman quote 3

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Using 'ie'/'y', 'ess' or 'ette' on the ends of words to make them 'feminine'.
E.g. Mummy




diminutive suffixes honorifics




adjective suffixes noun suffixes




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Research has shown that "when people are asked to read a sentence
with a supposedly gender-neutral he, they almost always assume that a
man is being referred to"

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