Oh foxy lady, where art thou? : A corpus based analysis of the word foxy, from a gender stereotype perspective

Abstract The aim of this essay is to establish whether or not the word foxy can serve to illustrate gender differences and gender stereotypes in English. The analysis is conducted by using one American English corpus and one British English corpus in order to make a comparison of the two English var...

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Main Author: Pellén, Angelica
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2569