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Book Synopsis
The new edition of Language and Gender: A Reader responds to the wealth of research that has shaped the field since its initial publication in 1998. Retaining many of the foundational entries that have made the volume so popular, the second edition has been fully revised, and now includes 23 new articles and two entirely new sections.
  • A fully revised new edition of this popular Reader which explores the widening range of language and gender research, both geographically and socially, along with changing theoretical and methodological approaches
  • Combines the very latest research with classic works that established the field
  • Features 23 new articles spanning 1997-2009 and two new sections on language, gender and sexuality, and the relevance of gender in the analysis of spoken interaction
  • Draws on research from all over the world, including Brazil, China, and Japan, as well as North America and Europe
  • Discusses a wide range o

    Trade Review

    “Overall, this new edition is successful. Readers familiar with the original version will hopefully find the changes warranted and in line with the goals outlined by the authors in their introduction. It remains a highly useful text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in language and gender and for
    anyone interested in the historical and current theoretical and methodological approaches to research on gender and language.” (Linguist, 27 August 2012)



    Table of Contents

    Editors’ Note Transcription Conventions 1

    Transcription Conventions 2

    Sources Introduction 1

    Part I Gender Differences in Pronunciation and Grammar 7

    1 Yanyuwa: “Men speak one way, women speak another” 13
    John Bradley

    2 Sex and Covert Prestige 20
    Peter Trudgill

    3 Linguistic Variation and Social Function 27
    Jenny Cheshire

    4 Girl-talk/Boy-talk: Sex Differences in Adolescent Speech 38
    Edina Eisikovits

    5 Black Women in the Rural South: Conservative and Innovative 49
    Patricia C. Nichols

    6 Gender and Sociolinguistic Variation 57
    Penelope Eckert

    Part II Gender and Conversational Practice 67

    7 Complimenting – A Positive Politeness Strategy 71
    Janet Holmes

    8 Cooperation and Competition Across Girls’ Play Activities 89
    Marjorie Harness Goodwin

    9 Expressions of Gender: An Analysis of Pupils’ Gendered Discourse Styles in Small Group Classroom Discussions 112
    Julia Davies

    10 Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in Computer- Mediated Communication: An Analysis of Exclamations Posted to Two Electronic Discussion Lists 126
    Carol Waseleski

    Part III Gender, Power, and Dominance in Mixed Talk 139

    11 Women’s Place in Everyday Talk: Reflections on Parent–Child Interaction 143
    Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman

    12 The Sounds of Silence: How Men Silence Women in Marital Relations 153
    Victoria Leto DeFrancisco

    13 Talk Control: An Illustration from the Classroom of Problems in Analysing Male Dominance of Conversation 161
    Joan Swann

    14 Participation in Electronic Discourse in a “Feminist” Field 171
    Susan C. Herring, Deborah A. Johnson and Tamra DiBenedetto

    15 Zuiqian “Deficient Mouth”: Discourse, Gender and Domestic Violence in Urban China 183
    Jie Yang

    Part IV Same-Sex Talk 193

    16 Gossip Revisited: Language in All-Female Groups 199
    Jennifer Coates

    17 “Why Be Normal?”: Language and Identity Practices in a Community of Nerd Girls 224
    Mary Bucholtz

    18 Hybrid or In Between Cultures: Traditions of Marriage in a Group of British Bangladeshi Girls 236
    Pia Pichler

    19 Performing Gender Identity: Young Men’s Talk and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity 250
    Deborah Cameron

    20 Pushing at the Boundaries: The Expression of Alternative Masculinities 263
    Jennifer Coates

    21 Playing the Straight Man: Displaying and Maintaining Male Heterosexuality in Discourse 275
    Scott F. Kiesling

    Part V Women’s Talk in the Public Domain 287

    22 Female Speakers of Japanese in Transition 291
    Katsue Akiba Reynolds

    23 Governed by the Rules? The Female Voice in Parliamentary Debates 300
    Sylvia Shaw

    24 “Doing Femininity” at Work: More than Just Relational Practice 315
    Janet Holmes and Stephanie Schnurr

    25 Communities of Practice at Work: Gender, Facework and the Power of Habitus at an All-Female Police Station and a Feminist Crisis Intervention Center in Brazil 332
    Ana Cristina Ostermann

    26 Trial Discourse and Judicial Decision-Making: Constraining the Boundaries of Gendered Identities 356
    Susan Ehrlich

    Part VI Language, Gender, and Sexuality 371

    27 Lesbian Bar Talk in Shinjuku, Tokyo 375
    Hideko Abe

    28 Boys’ Talk: Hindi, Moustaches and Masculinity in New Delhi 384
    Kira Hall

    29 Queering Gay Men’s English 401
    William L. Leap

    30 Indexing Polyphonous Identity in the Speech of African American Drag Queens 413
    Rusty Barrett

    31 Language and Sexuality in Spanish and English Dating Chats 430
    Marisol del-Teso-Craviotto

    Part VII Theoretical Debates (1): Gender or Power? 447

    32 “Women’s Language” or “Powerless Language”? 451
    William M. O’Barr and Bowman K. Atkins

    33 Are “Powerless” Communication Strategies the Japanese Norm? 461
    Patricia J. Wetzel

    34 When the Doctor is a “Lady”: Power, Status and Gender in Physician–Patient Encounters 468
    Candace West

    Part VIII Theoretical Debates (2): Difference or Dominance? 483

    35 A Cultural Approach to Male–Female Miscommunication 487
    Daniel N. Maltz and Ruth A. Borker

    36 Asymmetries: Women and Men Talking at Cross-Purposes 503
    Deborah Tannen

    37 Selling the Apolitical 518
    Senta Troemel-Ploetz

    Part IX Theoretical Debates (3): When is Gender Relevant? 529

    38 Whose Text? Whose Context? 533
    Emanuel A. Schegloff

    39 Gender Relevance in Talk-in-Interaction and Discourse 548
    Ann Weatherall

    40 Yes, But Is It Gender? 551
    Joan Swann

    Part X New Directions in Language and Gender Research 569

    41 Communities of Practice: Where Language, Gender, and Power All Live 573
    Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell–Ginet

    42 Gender and Language Ideologies 583
    Deborah Cameron

    43 Social Constructionism, Postmodernism and Feminist Sociolinguistics 600
    Janet Holmes

    Index 611

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/03/2011
      ISBN13: 9781405191272, 978-1405191272
      ISBN10: 1405191279
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The new edition of Language and Gender: A Reader responds to the wealth of research that has shaped the field since its initial publication in 1998. Retaining many of the foundational entries that have made the volume so popular, the second edition has been fully revised, and now includes 23 new articles and two entirely new sections.
      • A fully revised new edition of this popular Reader which explores the widening range of language and gender research, both geographically and socially, along with changing theoretical and methodological approaches
      • Combines the very latest research with classic works that established the field
      • Features 23 new articles spanning 1997-2009 and two new sections on language, gender and sexuality, and the relevance of gender in the analysis of spoken interaction
      • Draws on research from all over the world, including Brazil, China, and Japan, as well as North America and Europe
      • Discusses a wide range o

        Trade Review

        “Overall, this new edition is successful. Readers familiar with the original version will hopefully find the changes warranted and in line with the goals outlined by the authors in their introduction. It remains a highly useful text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in language and gender and for
        anyone interested in the historical and current theoretical and methodological approaches to research on gender and language.” (Linguist, 27 August 2012)



        Table of Contents

        Editors’ Note Transcription Conventions 1

        Transcription Conventions 2

        Sources Introduction 1

        Part I Gender Differences in Pronunciation and Grammar 7

        1 Yanyuwa: “Men speak one way, women speak another” 13
        John Bradley

        2 Sex and Covert Prestige 20
        Peter Trudgill

        3 Linguistic Variation and Social Function 27
        Jenny Cheshire

        4 Girl-talk/Boy-talk: Sex Differences in Adolescent Speech 38
        Edina Eisikovits

        5 Black Women in the Rural South: Conservative and Innovative 49
        Patricia C. Nichols

        6 Gender and Sociolinguistic Variation 57
        Penelope Eckert

        Part II Gender and Conversational Practice 67

        7 Complimenting – A Positive Politeness Strategy 71
        Janet Holmes

        8 Cooperation and Competition Across Girls’ Play Activities 89
        Marjorie Harness Goodwin

        9 Expressions of Gender: An Analysis of Pupils’ Gendered Discourse Styles in Small Group Classroom Discussions 112
        Julia Davies

        10 Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in Computer- Mediated Communication: An Analysis of Exclamations Posted to Two Electronic Discussion Lists 126
        Carol Waseleski

        Part III Gender, Power, and Dominance in Mixed Talk 139

        11 Women’s Place in Everyday Talk: Reflections on Parent–Child Interaction 143
        Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman

        12 The Sounds of Silence: How Men Silence Women in Marital Relations 153
        Victoria Leto DeFrancisco

        13 Talk Control: An Illustration from the Classroom of Problems in Analysing Male Dominance of Conversation 161
        Joan Swann

        14 Participation in Electronic Discourse in a “Feminist” Field 171
        Susan C. Herring, Deborah A. Johnson and Tamra DiBenedetto

        15 Zuiqian “Deficient Mouth”: Discourse, Gender and Domestic Violence in Urban China 183
        Jie Yang

        Part IV Same-Sex Talk 193

        16 Gossip Revisited: Language in All-Female Groups 199
        Jennifer Coates

        17 “Why Be Normal?”: Language and Identity Practices in a Community of Nerd Girls 224
        Mary Bucholtz

        18 Hybrid or In Between Cultures: Traditions of Marriage in a Group of British Bangladeshi Girls 236
        Pia Pichler

        19 Performing Gender Identity: Young Men’s Talk and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity 250
        Deborah Cameron

        20 Pushing at the Boundaries: The Expression of Alternative Masculinities 263
        Jennifer Coates

        21 Playing the Straight Man: Displaying and Maintaining Male Heterosexuality in Discourse 275
        Scott F. Kiesling

        Part V Women’s Talk in the Public Domain 287

        22 Female Speakers of Japanese in Transition 291
        Katsue Akiba Reynolds

        23 Governed by the Rules? The Female Voice in Parliamentary Debates 300
        Sylvia Shaw

        24 “Doing Femininity” at Work: More than Just Relational Practice 315
        Janet Holmes and Stephanie Schnurr

        25 Communities of Practice at Work: Gender, Facework and the Power of Habitus at an All-Female Police Station and a Feminist Crisis Intervention Center in Brazil 332
        Ana Cristina Ostermann

        26 Trial Discourse and Judicial Decision-Making: Constraining the Boundaries of Gendered Identities 356
        Susan Ehrlich

        Part VI Language, Gender, and Sexuality 371

        27 Lesbian Bar Talk in Shinjuku, Tokyo 375
        Hideko Abe

        28 Boys’ Talk: Hindi, Moustaches and Masculinity in New Delhi 384
        Kira Hall

        29 Queering Gay Men’s English 401
        William L. Leap

        30 Indexing Polyphonous Identity in the Speech of African American Drag Queens 413
        Rusty Barrett

        31 Language and Sexuality in Spanish and English Dating Chats 430
        Marisol del-Teso-Craviotto

        Part VII Theoretical Debates (1): Gender or Power? 447

        32 “Women’s Language” or “Powerless Language”? 451
        William M. O’Barr and Bowman K. Atkins

        33 Are “Powerless” Communication Strategies the Japanese Norm? 461
        Patricia J. Wetzel

        34 When the Doctor is a “Lady”: Power, Status and Gender in Physician–Patient Encounters 468
        Candace West

        Part VIII Theoretical Debates (2): Difference or Dominance? 483

        35 A Cultural Approach to Male–Female Miscommunication 487
        Daniel N. Maltz and Ruth A. Borker

        36 Asymmetries: Women and Men Talking at Cross-Purposes 503
        Deborah Tannen

        37 Selling the Apolitical 518
        Senta Troemel-Ploetz

        Part IX Theoretical Debates (3): When is Gender Relevant? 529

        38 Whose Text? Whose Context? 533
        Emanuel A. Schegloff

        39 Gender Relevance in Talk-in-Interaction and Discourse 548
        Ann Weatherall

        40 Yes, But Is It Gender? 551
        Joan Swann

        Part X New Directions in Language and Gender Research 569

        41 Communities of Practice: Where Language, Gender, and Power All Live 573
        Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell–Ginet

        42 Gender and Language Ideologies 583
        Deborah Cameron

        43 Social Constructionism, Postmodernism and Feminist Sociolinguistics 600
        Janet Holmes

        Index 611

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