Robin Lakoff
Robin Lakoff | |
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| Born | Robin Tolmach Lakoff November 27, 1942 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Known for | Language and gender |
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| Fields | Sociolinguistics Language and gender |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Robin Tolmach Lakoff (/ˈleɪkɒf/; born November 27, 1942) is a professor emerita of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited for making language and gender a major debate in linguistics and other disciplines.