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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Eckert, Penelope. Language and gender. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002067619 (OCoLC)49743660 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Penelope Eckert; Sally McConnell-Ginet |
ISBN: | 0511077653 9780511077654 0511076088 9780511076084 9780511791147 0511791143 9780511202865 0511202865 1107128323 9781107128323 0511643195 9780511643194 9786612389368 6612389362 0511556314 9780511556319 |
OCLC Number: | 57419689 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing gender -- Linking the linguistic to the social -- Organizing talk -- Making social moves -- Positioning ideas and subjects -- Saying and implying -- Mapping the world -- Working the market: use of varieties -- Fashioning selves. |
Responsibility: | Penelope Eckert, Sally McConnell-Ginet. |
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'This is the textbook on language and gender we have all been waiting for.' Janet Holmes, Victoria University, Wellington '... invaluable to language and gender specialists and their students alike.' Mary Bucholtz, University of California, Santa Barbara 'With its regular summaries, unambiguous explanations, and entertaining examples, this remains a good basic text, fascinating for those who know nothing of the subject, and useful for students in other disciplines needing an introduction to the study of language and gender.' Language and Gender 'This volume authored by Eckert and McConnell-Ginet is particularly welcome ... the work is well accessible to non-linguists.' Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies '... it is written in an accessible and user-friendly style ... students reading this book as a course textbook are able to analyse and question the relation between language and gender in very complex and sophisticated ways'. Journal of Sociolinguistics '... [a] comprehensive introduction to the study of gender and language use. ... unlike previous published books on the same subject, Eckert and McConnell-Ginet's has been written in an accessible style, making the volume particularly manageable and engaging to newcomers. ... of great value to students of linguistics and/or gender studies.' Discourse & Society 'Just looking at the chapter headings of this book is tantalizing. ... the entire book is comprehensively and clearly written while maintaining a high scholarly standard. ... this book is the best introduction to 'Language and Gender' currently available.' Discourse Studies Read more...

