Sexist language :a modern philosophical analysis /edited by Mary Vetterling-Braggin.

Name/Title

Sexist language :a modern philosophical analysis /edited by Mary Vetterling-Braggin.

Description

Male chauvinism : a conceptual analysis /Marilyn Frye --Sexist language and sexism /Sara Shute --Sexist speech : two basic questions /Patrick Grim --Language and woman's place (excerpts) /Robin Lakoff --Linguistics and feminism /Virginia Valian --Lakoff on language and women /Jacqueline Fortunata --The myth of the neutral "man" /Janice Moulton --The hidden joke : generic uses of masculine terminology /Carolyn Korsmeyer --Feminist linguistics in philosophy /Eleanor Kuykendall --Gender-neutral terms /Jane Duran --Degenderization /Elizabeth Lane Beardsley --"Pricks" and "chicks" : a plea for "persons" /Robert Baker --Sex and reference /Janice Moulton --How words hurt : attitudes, metaphor and oppression /Stephanie Ross --Vs. Ms. /Michael Levin --Against "Vs. Ms." /L. M. Purdy --Beyond the miserable vision of "Vs. Ms." /Alan Soble --Sexism and racism : some conceptual differences /Laurence Thomas --Thomas on sexism /B. C. Postow --A note on the ethics of theories of truth /Patrick Grim --A note on logical truth and non-sexist semantics /A. J. Stenner --Reference and truth : the case of sexist and racist utterances /Kriste Taylor. 329 pages ;22 cm

Book Details

Place Published

City

Totowa, N.J.

Date Published

1981

Publication Subjects

Sexism in language. Feminism. Racism in language. Truth.

Call No.

P120 .S48 S48 1981

ISBN

0847662934, 9780847662937

LCCN

80026263

Notes

Bibliography Note: Bibliography: pages 319-323. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia