Rethinking Language and Gender Research by Victoria Bergvall

Rethinking Language and Gender Research by Victoria Bergvall

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Rethinking Language and Gender Research by Victoria Bergvall

Challenges the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing the political and social consequences of popular beliefs about women's language' and 'men's language' and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender.
"contain[s] several excellent, well-balanced and penetrating discussions"  Journal of Sociolinguistics
Victoria L. Bergvall is Associate Professor of Linguistics, Michigan Technological University, and has published articles and book chapters on language and gender as well as African syntax. Janet M. Bing is Professor of Linguistics and a member of the Women's Studies faculty at Old Dominion University. She has published numerous articles on gender issues and on phonology, and a book, Aspects of English Prosody. Alice F. Freed is Professor of Linguistics and a member of the Women's Studies faculty at Montclair State University. She has published extensively on language and gender, and authored a book, The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation.
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ISBN 13 9780582265738
ISBN 10 0582265738
Title Rethinking Language and Gender Research
Author Victoria Bergvall
Series Real Language Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1996-11-12
Number of pages 320
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