Language and Gender by Jane Sunderland

Language and Gender by Jane Sunderland

Language and Gender is a comprehensive textbook providing an up-to-date introduction to the subject, presenting influential readings from key names in the discipline and helping students to undertake their own research.

'This book marks a timely intervention in the field of language and gender research and provides students and researchers alike with essential primary materialsThe book contains articles from a very wide range of disciplines; if you think that this book will contain all of the usual suspects, then prepare to be surprised - there are extracts on masculinity, corpus linguistics, post-structuralist linguistics, fairy tales, ELT textbooks, queer theory, and social networks. This would make an ideal textbook for gender and language courses.' - Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

'Drawing on an impressive bibliographical list, the ten units of the first
section summarize the findings of some of the most important studies which
have marked the development of research regarding the language-gender
relations… well-documented, comprehensive, user-friendly and challenging… I highly recommend it for both teaching and research purposes.' - Gabriela Iuliana Colipca, University of Galati, Romania

'The book represents a distinctive and useful addition to the field of language and gender, and will prove an invaluable and engaging resource to those teaching or studying in the area.' - Joan Swann, Open University, UK

[Journal of Sociolinguistics]

'This book marks a timely intervention in the field of language and gender research and provides students and researchers alike with essential primary materials. The book contains articles from a very wide range of disciplines; if you think that [it] will contain all of the usual suspects, then prepare to be surprised – there are extracts on masculinity, corpus linguistics, post-structuralist linguistics, fairy tales, ELT textbooks, queer theory, and social networks ... An ideal textbook for gender and language courses.' – Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

'Drawing on an impressive bibliographical list, the ten units of the first section summarize the findings of some of the most important studies which have marked the development of research regarding the language-gender relations ... well-documented, comprehensive, user-friendly and challenging ... I highly recommend it for both teaching and research purposes.' – Gabriela Iuliana Colipca, University of Galati, Romania

Jane Sunderland teaches in the department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University. She is a key member of IGALA (International Gender and Language Association) and publishes widely in the area of language and gender.

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ISBN 13	9780415311045
ISBN 10	0415311047
Title	Language and Gender
Author	Jane Sunderland
Series	Routledge Applied Linguistics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2006-05-31
Number of pages	384
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