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Tuesday 31 May 2016

Gender research - Janet Holmes and some New Zealand studies

This is great because it draws together some key arguments in a really accessible way. There are some proverbs that would add sparkle to an opinionated piece and some quantified findings that would be good for an essay or article on gender.

Skip over anything that's hard to take in and make sure you read to the end (it's quite long).

Make notes on the key ideas and also the way that discourse markers are used to add cohesion e.g. "Finally, and most radically, we might question..." has two adverbs that a) add cohesion ("finally") and b) (the adverb phrase "most radically") evaluate the ideas, guiding the reader. Try to do that in your essays and opinonated pieces.

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