# Negotiating radial categories: Some mothers do have them

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The piece uses adoption terminology to illustrate how speakers negotiate the boundaries of the radial category of motherhood.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 4 November 2007

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 4 November 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: categorisation, family, language.

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