Gender, language and discourse / Ann Weatherall.

By:

Weatherall, Ann, 1964-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Women and psychologyPublication details: Hove [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 177 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203988817
9780203988817
1134701934
9781134701933
1280109858
9781280109850
1134701926
9781134701926

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender, language and discourse.DDC classification:

401/.41/019 22

LOC classification:

P120.S48 W4 2002eb

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71.31

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Contents:

Sexist language -- Questions of difference: verbal ability and voice -- Women's language? -- The discursive turn -- Gender and language in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis -- Language, discourse and gender identity -- Following the discursive turn.

Summary: Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology - has made to answering these questions. Until now, books on gender and language have tended to be from the sociolinguistic perspective and have focused on one of two issues - sexism in language or gender differences in speech. This book considers both issues and develops the idea that they shouldn't be viewed as mutually exclusive endeavours but rather as part of the same process - the social construction of gender. Ann Weatherall highlights the fresh insights that a social constructionist approach has made to these debates, and presents recent theoretical developments and empirical work in discursive psychology relevant to gender and language. Gender, Language and Discourse provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the gender and language field from a psychological perspective. It will be invaluable to students and researchers in social psychology, cultural studies, education, linguistic anthropology and women's studies.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index.

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Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology - has made to answering these questions. Until now, books on gender and language have tended to be from the sociolinguistic perspective and have focused on one of two issues - sexism in language or gender differences in speech. This book considers both issues and develops the idea that they shouldn't be viewed as mutually exclusive endeavours but rather as part of the same process - the social construction of gender. Ann Weatherall highlights the fresh insights that a social constructionist approach has made to these debates, and presents recent theoretical developments and empirical work in discursive psychology relevant to gender and language. Gender, Language and Discourse provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the gender and language field from a psychological perspective. It will be invaluable to students and researchers in social psychology, cultural studies, education, linguistic anthropology and women's studies.

English.

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