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Women in Their Speech Communities Jennifer Coates

Women in Their Speech Communities By Jennifer Coates

Women in Their Speech Communities by Jennifer Coates


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Summary

This collection of specially commissioned essays explores the different aspects of women's language within the United Kingdom, and critically examines the main theoretical issues that have arisen in language and gender research since the 1970s. The contributions cover a wide range of British speech communities, linguistics events and settings.

Women in Their Speech Communities Summary

Women in Their Speech Communities by Jennifer Coates

This collection of essays presents a picture of research on women and language in Britain. The contributors cover a range of British speech communities, linguistic events and settings using approaches from sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.

About Jennifer Coates

Jennifer Coates is Professor Emerita at University of Roehampton. She is the author of Women, Men and Language 3rd Ed (Routledge, 2016)

Table of Contents

PART 1: Language and sex in the quantitative paradigm: theoretical perspectives; empirical studies
PART 2: Language and sex in connected speech: women's language - critical approaches; problems of power; female speech events in cultural context.

Appendix: transcription notation

Additional information

GOR013604456
9780582009691
B007YZYS5C
Women in Their Speech Communities by Jennifer Coates
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19890619
200
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