How Gender Shapes the World

Auteur: Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Distinguished Professor and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
This book focuses on how gender in its many guises - Linguistic, Natural, Social - is reflected in human languages, how it features in myths and metaphors, and the role it plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald's extensive fieldwork in Amazonia and New Guinea.
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This book focuses on how gender in its many guises - Linguistic, Natural, Social - is reflected in human languages, how it features in myths and metaphors, and the role it plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald's extensive fieldwork in Amazonia and New Guinea.
ISBN / EAN 9780198723752
Auteur Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Distinguished Professor and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University)
Editeur Oxford University Press