The lack of gender-specific words for "cousin" in English is an example of a lexical gap.
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The lack of gender-specific words for "cousin" in English is an example of a lexical gap.
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It says the Rule Book term 'pilotman' "has recently been raised as an issue as it is gender-specific", and that it is "developing a proposal to replace it using gender neutral language".
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