Publications

Publication details [#5902]

Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. 1974. Why women are ladies. Berkeley studies in Syntax and Semantics 1 (15) : 1–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

politeness | sexism | women's language

Annotation

L. argues that the kinds of 'politeness' used by, of and to women are oppressive.

Reprints

Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. 1975. In Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. Language and woman's place. Harper and Row. pp. 51–83.