Language and gender / Penelope Eckert, Sally McConnell-Ginet.

Call Number	306.44
Author	Eckert, Penelope, author.
Title	Language and gender / Penelope Eckert, Sally McConnell-Ginet. Language & Gender
Physical Description	1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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.
Summary	Language and Gender is a 2003 introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and of the resources that the linguistic system offers for the construction of social meaning. The body of the book offers broad and deep coverage of the interaction between language and social life, ranging from nuances of pronunciation to conversational dynamics to the deployment of metaphor. The discussion is organized around the contributions language makes to situated social practice rather than around linguistic structures or gender analyses. At the same time, it introduces linguistic concepts in a way that is suitable for non-linguists. It is set to become the standard textbook for courses on language and gender.
Added Author	McConnell-Ginet, Sally, author.
Subject	Language and languages Sex differences.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791147

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Summary	Language and Gender is a 2003 introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and of the resources that the linguistic system offers for the construction of social meaning. The body of the book offers broad and deep coverage of the interaction between language and social life, ranging from nuances of pronunciation to conversational dynamics to the deployment of metaphor. The discussion is organized around the contributions language makes to situated social practice rather than around linguistic structures or gender analyses. At the same time, it introduces linguistic concepts in a way that is suitable for non-linguists. It is set to become the standard textbook for courses on language and gender.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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.
Subject	Language and languages Sex differences.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791147