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