Words Matter: Meaning and Power
Author:   Sally McConnell-Ginet (Cornell University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108445900


Pages:   275
Publication Date:   27 August 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sally McConnell-Ginet (Cornell University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781108445900


ISBN 10:   110844590
Pages:   275
Publication Date:   27 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Getting Started; 1. Labeling: “What are you, anyway?”; 2. Marking/Erasing: “Instead of saying 'normal Americans', you can just say 'Americans'”; 3. Generalizing: “All the Women were White, All the Blacks were Men, but Some of Us were Brave”; 4. Addressing: “All right, my man...keep your hands on the steering wheel; 5. Putting Down: “[They] aren't people – they're animals”; 6. Reforming/Resisting: “It's like a kind of sexual racism”; 7. Authorizing: “When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean...[but who] is to be master?”; 8. Concluding.

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'Writing from her own experience, McConnell-Ginet shares valuable insights from scholars and experts, ceding authority to others who can add their expertise to her work. This is academic writing at its best and its most generous. Both timely and timeless.' R. Shapiro, Choice


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Sally McConnell-Ginet is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Cornell University and a Past President of the Linguistic Society of America.

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