基本説明
This fully revised new edition explores the widening range of language and gender research, both geographically and socially, along with changing theoretical and methodological approaches.
Full Description
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 of topics including single and mixed-sex talk; language, gender and power; gendered talk in the public domain; and language, gender and sexuality.
Includes accessible introductions to each section, which contextualize each entry
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
