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Sociolinguistics
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[Janet] Holmes’s numbers demonstrated that the total number of you knows collected were almost identical between genders, but women used the phrase with a flat pitch, communicating confidence, over 20 percent more than men. And yet, most people don’t hear it that way – at the first sign of a woman hedging, they automatically assume insecurity.
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― Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
― Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
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Cada vez que hablas una lengua indígena, resistes. Hablar una lengua indígena, en las circunstancias presentes, es habitar un territorio cognitivo que todavía no ha sido conquistado, al menos no del todo. Escapemos a esos territorios, habitémoslos. Recuerda todo esto al hablar: jamyats, ejtp.
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― Lo lingüístico es político
― Lo lingüístico es político
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