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Language and gender

By: Eckert, PenelopeContributor(s): McConnell-Ginet, SallyMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003Description: xii, 366 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521652839 (hardback); 9780521652834; 0521654262 (pbk.); 9780521654265; 0511556314 ; 9780511556319Subject(s): Language and languagesDDC classification: 306.44 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online

Contents:

Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing gender -- Linking the linguistic to the social -- Organizing talk -- Making social moves -- Positioning ideas and subjects -- Saying and implying -- Mapping the world -- Working the market: use of varieties -- Fashioning selves.

Summary: This is an introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and offering broad coverage of the interaction between language and social life. It is set to become the standard text on the subject.

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Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing gender --
Linking the linguistic to the social --
Organizing talk --
Making social moves --
Positioning ideas and subjects --
Saying and implying --
Mapping the world --
Working the market: use of varieties --
Fashioning selves.

This is an introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and offering broad coverage of the interaction between language and social life. It is set to become the standard text on the subject.

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