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Women's Words

Word of Mouth

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The History of Women's Words

I wanted to rediscover the words that women use about themselves. The majority of historical sources were written by men, especially the nearer you get to the beginnings of English. So the book also explores that other vocabulary. It's also a history of women's words, yours included,. About how language is so often represented a man's view of the world. Have I got that right? Yes, exactly.

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