“Federica Formato has produced a thoughtful and thorough treatment of the way that language use in Italy perpetuates a range of subtle and crude gender biases, covering both language as system (the embedded grammatical rules of expressing gender in Italian), and language in use (the ways that female politicians and women who are killed are written about in the news). Her book represents an important and timely contribution to feminist scholarship.” (Paul Baker, Professor of English Language, Lancaster University, UK)
“Federica Formato’s timely contribution is an innovative and systematic investigation of gender and language from a linguistic perspective. It is particularly valuable for its insights into the Italian context and will be essential reading for scholars in this area but it also goes far beyond the specifics of one country and will reward anyone interested in the intersection of language and sexism.” (Charlotte Taylor, Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics, University of Sussex, UK)
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