Teaching Gender Inclusive Language in Professional Writing

Autor

  • Amanda Wray University of North Carolina, Asheville

Abstrakt

This narrative on pedagogy presents language as a tool for resistance and rhetoric as a means for interrupting social oppressions. In particular, I draw attention to one approach I have used in the Professional Writing classroom to teach gender-neutral and oppression-conscious language practices.

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Jak cytować

Wray, Amanda. 2016. „Teaching Gender Inclusive Language in Professional Writing”. "Res Rhetorica" 3 (2). https://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/142.