Angela Goddard and Lindsey Meân Patterson managed to choose a very catchy (use a more formal word) title “Language and Gender”. It is brief and precise; in three words it managed to tell the reader exactly what he should expect to find in the book. (Very good) Same as the table of contents in which the authors summarized in six units the whole point of the book (Where is the main verb of the sentence?) . However, the titles of the units don not give full information about the content of each unite as it (refers to what?) fails to throw some shadow on important topics mentioned within each unit. For example the idea of objects and gender in unite one which could have been tackled in a more elaborate way. The introduction on the other hand is very interesting (use more formal words.). Through revealing the differences among (between) terms like “sex” and “gender” from (on) one hand, and “man” and “woman”, “masculine” and “feminine”, and “male” and “female” from (on) the other;(,) it manages to attract the reader. It also reflects that the authors are tackling the whole idea of the relation between language and gender from a new perspective different from the ones (that have) been introduced in other books the reader might have encountered. At the same time it indicates that the book is a mere (you don't need this word) guide which provides some starting points for the researcher to begin with.
COMMENTS: All in all, this part is informative and well-written. Pay more attention to spelling mistakes and grammar.
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