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Zusatztext '...a timely and much welcomed addition to the growing field of language and gender! offering invaluable insights into the relationship between gender and spoken discourse. It is a valuable collection for researchers and postgraduate students who want to get a sense of where language and gender research is heading... [A] strength of this volume is that all articles are written in a clear! accessible and engaging style. I would highly recommend the book to researchers working in the areas of language and gender! discourse analysis! pragmatics! sociolinguistics! and language and social interaction.' - Chit Cheung Matthew Sung! Discourse & Commuication '[This book]offers rich insights into the expanding linguistic subfield of gender and spoken interaction...it is a great contribution that provides the reader with a better understanding of and deep insights into how gender is (re-)produced in spoken interaction across the lifespan.' - Pia Resnik! Rezensionen Informationen zum Autor DEBORAH CAMERON is Professor of Language and Communication, Oxford University, UKKIRA HALL is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, USAJANET HOLMES holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandANTHEA IRWIN is Programme Leader of the BA (Hons.) Media& Communication degree, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKJANET MAYBIN is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication, the Open University, UKSUSAN MCRAE is a lecturer in English Language and Communication, Kingston University, UKSIÂN PREECE is Senior Lecturer in Education and Course Leader for the MA in HE, University of Westminster, UKJOAN SWANN is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Language and Communication, the Open University UK JOANNA THORNBORROW is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, UK Klappentext This diverse collection of gender research with an exclusive focus on spoken interaction explores how gender is reflected and accomplished in relation to other situational and larger-scale sociocultural practices, identities and structures. Zusammenfassung This diverse collection of gender research with an exclusive focus on spoken interaction explores how gender is reflected and accomplished in relation to other situational and larger-scale sociocultural practices! identities and structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors Foreword; J.Thornborrow Editor's Preface: Overview of Chapters; P.Pichler, E.Eppler Theoretical Issues for the Study of Gender and Spoken Interaction; D.Cameron Doing Gender Against the Odds: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Educational Discourse; J.Swann Airhostess Legs and Jealous Husbands: Explorations of Gender and Heterosexuality in 10-11 year-olds' Conversations; J.Maybin Now You See Me, Now You Don't: Adolescents Exploring Deviant Positions; A.Irwin 'All I've gotta do is wank on about some bollocky poem': Cool and Socially Aware Positions in the Talk of London Private School Girls; P.Pichler 'A group of lads, innit?' Performances of Laddish Masculinity in British Higher Education; S.Preece Boys' Talk: Hindi, Moustaches, and Masculinity in New Delhi; K.Hall It's a blokes' thing' - Gender, Occupational Roles and Talk in the Workplace; S.S.McRae Men, Masculinities and Leadership: Different Discourse Styles at Work; J.Holmes Four Women, Two Codes and One (crowded) Floor: The Joint Construction of a Bilingual Collaborative Floor; E.Eppler Index...
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Notes on Contributors Foreword; J.Thornborrow Editor's Preface: Overview of Chapters; P.Pichler, E.Eppler Theoretical Issues for the Study of Gender and Spoken Interaction; D.Cameron Doing Gender Against the Odds: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Educational Discourse; J.Swann Airhostess Legs and Jealous Husbands: Explorations of Gender and Heterosexuality in 10-11 year-olds' Conversations; J.Maybin Now You See Me, Now You Don't: Adolescents Exploring Deviant Positions; A.Irwin 'All I've gotta do is wank on about some bollocky poem': Cool and Socially Aware Positions in the Talk of London Private School Girls; P.Pichler 'A group of lads, innit?' Performances of Laddish Masculinity in British Higher Education; S.Preece Boys' Talk: Hindi, Moustaches, and Masculinity in New Delhi; K.Hall It's a blokes' thing' - Gender, Occupational Roles and Talk in the Workplace; S.S.McRae Men, Masculinities and Leadership: Different Discourse Styles at Work; J.Holmes Four Women, Two Codes and One (crowded) Floor: The Joint Construction of a Bilingual Collaborative Floor; E.Eppler Index
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'...a timely and much welcomed addition to the growing field of language and gender, offering invaluable insights into the relationship between gender and spoken discourse. It is a valuable collection for researchers and postgraduate students who want to get a sense of where language and gender research is heading... [A] strength of this volume is that all articles are written in a clear, accessible and engaging style. I would highly recommend the book to researchers working in the areas of language and gender, discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and language and social interaction.' - Chit Cheung Matthew Sung, Discourse & Commuication
'[This book]offers rich insights into the expanding linguistic subfield of gender and spoken interaction...it is a great contribution that provides the reader with a better understanding of and deep insights into how gender is (re-)produced in spoken interaction across the lifespan.' - Pia Resnik, Rezensionen
