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Robin Lakoff

American linguist

Robin Beth Tolmach Lakoff (; November 27, 1942 – August 5, 2025) was an American linguist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with making language and gender a major subfield focus in linguistics and other disciplines.

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Robin Beth Tolmach Lakoff (; November 27, 1942 – August 5, 2025) was an American linguist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with making language and gender a major subfield focus in linguistics and other disciplines.

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