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Gender and language : towards a feminist pragmatics / Christine Christie.
LIBRA B831.5 .C57 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christie, Christine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pragmatics.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- 202 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- "Gender and Language" is the first pragmatic approach to the study of gender and language use. Christine Christie offers a systematic introduction to pragmatic approaches such as relevance theory, speech act theory, and politeness theory. Each pragmatic approach is carefully explained and illustrated using practical examples that show how pragmatics can inform feminist analyses of naturally occurring language use across a range of contexts, including news texts, informal conversation, institutional dialogue, and political discourse. The book demonstrates how the application of pragmatic concepts provides insights into the way that gender is implicated in meaning generation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-200) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0748609350
- OCLC:
- 45350698
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