Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 424 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Pragmatics & beyond,
0922-842X ;
new ser. 42
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 42.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Communicating Gender in Context; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; I. SYMBOLS AND RULES; II. CONVERSATIONAL FEATURES, CODES AND ACTIVITIES; III. A RANGE OF FEMININITIES; Index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. |
Summary |
The contributions to the book "Communicating Gender in Context" deal not only with grammatical gender, but also with discursive procedures for constructing gender as a relevant social category in text and context. Attention is directed to European cultures which till now have come up short in linguistic and discourse analytic gender studies, e.g., Austria, Spain, Turkey, Germany, Poland and Sweden. But also English speech communities and questions of English grammatical gender are dealt with. In accordance with recent sociolinguistic research the contributors refrain from generalizing theses ab. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Communication -- Sex differences.
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Communication -- Sex differences. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender. |
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects.
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Kotthoff, Helga.
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Wodak, Ruth, 1950-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Communicating gender in context. Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamin, ©1997 1556198043 9781556198045 (DLC) 97006143 (OCoLC)36316019 |
ISBN |
9789027289742 (electronic book) |
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9027289743 (electronic book) |
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