Language and gender : an introduction / Mary M. Talbot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talbot, Mary M., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Sex differences.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.

Summary:

Language and Gender provides a fascinating look at the language used by women and men in a variety, of speech situations and genres. In this book, Mary Talbot emphasizes recent research, with a preliminary grounding in early 'classic' studies. She draws on studies working with the Anglo-American tradition of research on language and gender and addresses issues including difficulties arising from dichotomies like public vs. private and informal vs. affective -- as well as the trouble with looking for 'differences' at all.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-250) and index.

ISBN:

0745616798

0745616801

OCLC:

40076518