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O'Barr, William M. and Bowman K. Atkins. 1980. 'Women's language' or 'powerless language'? In McConnell-Ginet, Sally, Ruth A. Borker and Nelly Furman, eds. Women and language in literature and society. Praeger. pp. 93–110.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
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In addition to considering language as a reflection of social position, O. and A. attempt to describe how powerless language in particular might affect those situations in which it is found.