Definition
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"