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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sexism in “The Bastard of Istanbul”
The objective of this research is to critically analyse and represent sexism, which is a prejudice or discrimination based on an individual’s gender, in the discourse of the selected novel.
Asmaa Khoshmer Azeez +2 more
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Gender, Language and Indian Reality Television: Locating Social Stereotypes and Linguistic Sexism
Aim. The reality genre has gained much popularity in last few years across the globe. In India too, this genre has reportedly surpassed other genres in recognition and acceptance. However, its format and content intrigue controversies at both social and academic level, but its mass appeal gets bigger each day.
Sohaib Alam, Shafey Anwarul Haque
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Culture and Gender Representation in Iranian School Textbooks [PDF]
This study examines the representations of male and female social actors in selected Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) textbooks.
Ghajarieh, Amir, Salami, Ali
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Investigating linguistic sexism in teachers' talk at public university of Pakistan
Schools are regarded as the main socializing institutions. The language that the instructor uses has an impact on the pupils' overall personalities and self-perceptions. As a result, students' academic performance is jeopardized. This study focuses on the teachers’ talk within classroom discourse and its effect on students’ perceptions of themselves in
Khushboo Chandio +3 more
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This paper attempts to shed light on sexism in Egyptian Internet jokes. It examines how language, as an institution largely controlled by men, is manipulated and used to disparage women in this discursive mode of humor.
Heba Nayef, Mohamed El-Nashar
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Language, Prejudice, Awareness, and Resistance
As an introduction to the themed special volume on Language and Prejudice, this short editorial highlights aspects related to prejudice within, through, and towards language as well as how prejudice and stereotyping can affect our perception of language.
Deutschmann Mats, Steinvall Anders
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This research on press communication uses a synchronic perspective concerning eighteen ministers, balanced by gender, in the Renzi government (in 2014), as well as a diachronic perspective concerning women ministers from five governments (from 2006-2014).
Gilda Sensales, Alessandra Areni
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La rappresentazione lessicografica dei femminili professionali
The nouns referring to women in professions or occupations offer an interesting field to analyse the linguistic representation of women, including both the sociolinguistic reflections that can be found there and the changes that have taken place in the ...
Emanuela Di Venuta
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Women have long been marginalized in the Bundestag and their situation remains precarious. From 1919, when they were granted the right to stand for election, until the 1980s, their presence hardly exceeded 10% and in the 18th legislature (2013-2017 ...
Lucia Schmidt
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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