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9780631195955

Language and Gender

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631195955

  • ISBN10:

    0631195955

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This wide-ranging Reader comprises a valuable anthology of the key essays in the study of language and gender. Edited by one of the pioneers in the field, it introduces students to the main topics through providing a selection of key papers written by leading figures in language and gender study. Topics covered include: gender differences in pronunciation and grammar; gender differences in conversational practice; conversational dominance in mixed talk; same-sex talk; women's talk in the public domain; theoretical debates (gender or power? difference or dominance?). The Reader concludes with three key papers which suggest directions in which language and gender research might develop.

Author Biography

Jennifer Coates is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She is author of Women Talk (Blackwell, 1996), and co-editor of An Introduction to Women's Studies (Blackwell, 1995).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Gender Differences in Pronunciation and Grammar
Yanyuwa: Men Speak One Way, Women Another
Sex and Covert Prestige
Linguistic Variation and Social Function
Girl-Talk/Boy-Talk: Sex Differences in Adolescent Speech
Black Women in the Rural South: Conservative and Innovative
Gender Differences in Conversational Practice
How and Why are Women More Polite
Complimenting: A Positive Politeness Strategy
Co-operation and Competition Across Girls' Play Activities
Peasant Men Can't Get Wives: Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community
Conversational Dominance in Mixed Talk
Women's Place in Everyday Talk
Talk Control: An Illustration From the Classroom of Problems in Analysing Male Dominance in Conversation
The Sounds of Silence: How Men Silence Women in Marital Relations
Participation in Electronic Discourse in a "Feminist Field"
Same-Sex Talk
The Talk of Women Friends
Gossip Revisited: Language in All-Female Groups
Don't Try and Make Out That I'm Nice: The Different Strategies Women and Men Use When Gossiping
Performing Gender Identity: Young Men's Talk and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity
Sporting Formulae in New Zealand English: Two Models of Male Solidarity
Women's Talk in the Public Domain
Female Speakers of Japanese in Transition
I Don't Smile Much Any More: Affect, Gender and the Discourse of Pittsburgh Police Officers
Not Just "Doctor's Orders": Directive-Response Sequences in Patients Visits to Women and Men Physicians
Women's Ways: Interactive Patterns in Predominantly Female Research Teams
Theoretical Debates (I)
"Women's Language" or "Powerless Language"
Are Powerless Communication Strategies the Japanese Norm?
When the Doctor is a Lady
Theoretical Debates (II): Difference or Dominance?
A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication
Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers
Selling the Apolitical
Language and Gender: Looking to the Future
Women's Talk: the Question of Sociolinguistic Universals
Communities of Practice: Where Gender, Language and Power All Live
The Question of Questions: Beyond Binary Thinking
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