Women, Men and Language: A Sociolinguistic Account of Gender Differences in Language
By Jennifer Coates.
Description
Women, Men and Language, 3rd Ed provides an up-to-date account of gender differences in language to answer the question: "Do women and men talk differently?" The book takes the reader from an initial "men talk like this; women talk like that" approach to a more nuanced idea of women and men performing gender in their everyday interactions. It covers a range of sociolinguistic research, looking at grammatical and phonological features a well as at aspects of conversation such as compliments or swearing, and the growing use of the word ‘likeâ€...
ISBN(s)
0582771862, 9780582771864
