Speaking and Being: How Language Binds and Frees Us by Kübra Gümüşay

Speaking and Being: How Language Binds and Frees Us

Kübra Gümüşay with Gesche Ipsen (Translator)

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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What does it really mean to speak freely? A wise, beautifully written book that explores the way language shapes our lives and how we see the world - and what happens when we learn new words, and new ways of speaking to each other.Language opens u...

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reflective 78%
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tense 1%

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