Quote of the day
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robin Lakoff
Born: May 24, 1942 (age 81)
Bio: Robin Tolmach Lakoff is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with establishing language and gender as an object of study in linguistics and other disciplines.
Known for:
- Language and Woman's Place (1972)
- The Language War (2000)
- Talking power (1964)