Gender and the Language of Illness /

An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Charteris-Black, Jonathan (Author), Seale, Clive (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:	Linguistics. Gender Studies. Language and Literature. Sociolinguistics. Gender expression. Gender identity. Philology. Sex (Psychology) Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book