Title: Women, men and language : a sociolinguistic account of gender differences in language /
Authors: Coates, Jennifer.
Publisher: Pearson Education,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Language and languages Sex differences
Abstract: "This third edition of Women, Men and Language provides an up-to-date account of gender differences in language to answer the question: 'Do women and men talk differently?'" "The book takes the reader from an initial 'men talk like this; women talk like that' approach to a more nuanced idea of women and men performing gender in their everyday interactions. It covers a range of sociolinguistic research, looking at grammatical and phonological features as well as at aspects of conversation such as compliments or swearing and the growing use of the word 'like' by younger speakers."--Jacket.
Contents: Part One: Introductory -- Language and gender -- The historical background (I) -- folklinguistics and the early grammarians -- The historical background (II) -- anthropologists and dialectologists -- Part Two: The sociolinguistic evidence -- Quantitative studies -- Social networks -- Gender differences in conversational practice -- Conversational dominance in mixed talk -- Same-sex talk -- Part Three: Causes and consequences -- Children and gender-differentiated language -- The role of gender differences in linguistic change -- The social consequences of gender differences in language -- Part Four: Looking to the future -- New developments in language and gender research.