Language and Gender

2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-107-02905-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Language and Gender is an introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two leading experts in the field. This new edition, thoroughly updated and restructured, brings out more strongly an emphasis on practice and change, while retaining the broad scope of its predecessor and its accessible introductions which explain the key concepts in a non-technical way. The authors integrate issues of sexuality more thoroughly into the discussion, exploring more diverse gendered and sexual identities and practices. The core emphasis is on change, both in linguistic resources and their use and in gender and sexual ideologies and personae. This book explores how change often involves conflict and competing norms, both social and linguistic. Drawing on their own extensive research, as well as other key literature, the authors argue that the connections between language and gender are deep yet fluid, and arise in social practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckert, Penelope

Mcconnell-Ginet, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An introduction to gender; 2. Introduction to the study of language and gender; 3. Linguistic resources; 4. Getting it said; 5. Making nice; 6. Being assertive… or not; 7. Where common sense comes from and where it hides; 8. Mapping the world; 9. Constructing nations, constructing boundaries; 10. Fashioning selves.

Über Autor(innen)

Mcconnell-Ginet, Sally
Sally McConnell-Ginet is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Cornell University, where she directed the Women's Studies program.

Eckert, Penelope
Penelope Eckert is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Stanford University, where she has also directed the program in Feminist Studies.

Penelope Eckert is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Stanford University, where she has also directed the program in Feminist Studies.

Sally McConnell-Ginet is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Cornell University, where she directed the Women's Studies program.