Language, cognition and gender

Gender inequality remains an issue of high relevance, and controversy, in society. Previous research shows that language contributes to gender inequality in various ways: Gender-related information is transmitted through formal and semantic features of language, such as the grammatical category of gender, through gender-related connotations of role names (e.g., manager, secretary), and through …

Metaethics from a first person standpoint: an introduction to moral philosophy

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9781783742011

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viii + 124 p.; 23 cm.

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170.42 CAT m

Biological invasions in South Africa

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Market relations and the competitive process

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Cultural integration of immigrants in Europe

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