Women, Men and Language: A Sociolinguistic Account of Gender by Jennifer Coates

By Jennifer Coates

Women, males and Language has lengthy been proven as a seminal textual content within the box of language and gender, providing?an account of the various ways that language and gender intersect. during this pioneering publication, bestselling writer Jennifer Coates explores linguistic gender variations, introducing the reader to a variety of sociolinguistic study within the field.


Written in a transparent and obtainable demeanour, this publication introduces the belief of gender as a social build, and covers key?topics similar to conversational perform, comparable intercourse speak, conversational dominance, and children’s acquisition of gender-differentiated language, discussing the social and linguistic results of those styles of talk.


Here reissued as a Routledge Linguistics vintage, this publication incorporates a fresh preface which situates this article within the modern-day research of language and gender, masking the postmodern shift within the knowing of gender and language, and assessing the book’s influence at the box. Women, males and Language is still crucial examining for any scholar or researcher operating within the sector of language and gender.

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