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Re: Láadan

From:Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
Date:Friday, November 29, 2002, 19:55
Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:
> > I believe that Elgin's point was that there are concepts that are > *difficult* > > to explain in English that are vitally necessary *to women*--because > those > > concepts lack lexical items, women are at a severe disadvantage. > > If so, I think it's less because men haven't "allowed" such words to > exist as that women's roles in our culture has changed more, thus, they > have gone further from the original culture that our language developed > in than men, and hence, find more gaps.
This, I think, is pretty insightful and a much better explanation for any "gaps" (no one has yet to mention a significant gap yet, but my quest continues). :Peter