Language, gender, and professional writing : theoretical approaches and guidelines for nonsexist usage / Francine Wattman Frank and Paula A. Treichler ; with contributions by H. Lee Gershuny, Sally McConnell-Ginet, and Susan J. Wolfe.

Author/creator Frank, Francine Wattman, 1931-
Other author Treichler, Paula A.
Other author Modern Language Association of America. Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession, Modern Language Association of America, ©1989.
Descriptionviii, 341 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Partial contents Introduction : scholarship, feminism, and language change / Paula A. Treichler and Francine Wattman Frank -- The sexual (re)production of meaning : a discourse-based theory / Sally McConnell-Ginet -- From discourse to dictionary : how sexist meanings are authorized / Paula A. Treichler -- The reconstruction of word meanings : a review of the scholarship / Susan J. Wolfe -- English handbooks 1979-85 : case studies in sexist and nonsexist usage / H. Lee Gershuny -- Language planning, language reform, and language change : a review of guidelines for nonsexist usage / Francine Wattman Frank.
Local noteLittle-309678--305131013874-
Local noteLittle-315974--3051310188692
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. [281]-322.
LCCN 88038161
ISBN087352179X (pbk.) :
ISBN0873521781 (hard) :

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Joyner General Stacks PE1460.F64 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold