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A Question of Masculine Bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Jenny Cheshire
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In recent years, feminists in particular have argued for reform in languages like English in order to reduce or eliminate built-in masculine biases. Do they have a case, can realistic changes be made and accepted by users at large, or is the language simply adapting anyway to this challenge as it has adapted to others in the past?

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Special Features
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English Today , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 22 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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