Boast and bellow, giggle or chatter: gender and verbs of speech in children's fiction
- Authors: Hunt, Sally
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139279 , vital:37722 , ISBN no ISBN , https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/2017/cl2017/index.aspx
- Description: Continued gender inequality and gendered representations in the media, broadly construed, remain of concern because of the dialectic relationship between language and society. One source of gender cues is fiction written for and consumed by children. The characters encountered in the pages of a popular book constitute the stuff of identity building and may become role models for thousands of young and impressionable readers.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Hunt, Sally
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139279 , vital:37722 , ISBN no ISBN , https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/2017/cl2017/index.aspx
- Description: Continued gender inequality and gendered representations in the media, broadly construed, remain of concern because of the dialectic relationship between language and society. One source of gender cues is fiction written for and consumed by children. The characters encountered in the pages of a popular book constitute the stuff of identity building and may become role models for thousands of young and impressionable readers.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Parliament for the people: take part in parliament
- Public Participation Unit of Parliament
- Authors: Public Participation Unit of Parliament
- Date: 199-?
- Subjects: Parliamentary practice -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Democracy -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76082 , vital:30501
- Description: Our Constitution says that South Africa must have an independent body, called Parliament, to make the laws of the country. Parliament is made up of our political representatives who are called Members of Parliament (MPs). We choose the MPs by voting in elections. Parliament has two main parts, called the Houses of Parliament. They are the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The MPs discuss and debate the new laws and make changes to existing laws. Parliament also has many committees where they discuss the laws in detail. Members of Parliament also make sure that the government departments do their work properly. , Funded by the European Union
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- Date Issued: 199-?
- Authors: Public Participation Unit of Parliament
- Date: 199-?
- Subjects: Parliamentary practice -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Democracy -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76082 , vital:30501
- Description: Our Constitution says that South Africa must have an independent body, called Parliament, to make the laws of the country. Parliament is made up of our political representatives who are called Members of Parliament (MPs). We choose the MPs by voting in elections. Parliament has two main parts, called the Houses of Parliament. They are the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The MPs discuss and debate the new laws and make changes to existing laws. Parliament also has many committees where they discuss the laws in detail. Members of Parliament also make sure that the government departments do their work properly. , Funded by the European Union
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- Date Issued: 199-?
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