Talking difference : on gender and language /
The book addresses such provocative questions as: Why has the study of gender and language so often focused on the limitations of women's talk? How do academic practices constrain our understanding of how gender relations are re-created and maintained in language use? Why do assertiveness texts...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE,
1995.
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| Series: | Gender and psychology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book addresses such provocative questions as: Why has the study of gender and language so often focused on the limitations of women's talk? How do academic practices constrain our understanding of how gender relations are re-created and maintained in language use? Why do assertiveness texts usually ignore indirect modes of speech such as humour and storytelling? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781446250594 (ebook) : |