Duels and Duets - Why Men and Women Talk So Differently

Informationen zum Autor John L. Locke is currently Professor of Linguistics at Lehman College, City University of New York. His articles have appeared in a broad range of journals, including the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Evolution and Human Behavior, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Language Sciences. He has published over a hundred articles, chapters and books. His books include The De-Voicing of Society (1998) and Eavesdropping: An Intimate History (2010). Klappentext Why do men and women talk so differently and how do these differences interfere with communication between the sexes? Zusammenfassung John Locke takes the reader on a fascinating journey! from human evolution through ancient history to the present! revealing why men speak as they do when attempting to impress or seduce women! and why women adopt a very different way of talking when bonding with each other! or discussing rivals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Speech, sex, and gender; 2. Duels; 3. Bards, heroes, Romeos, and clowns; 4. Why do men duel?; 5. Duets; 6. Complicity; 7. Why do women duet?; 8. Collaboration in language and in life.

Product details

• Authors: John L Locke, John L. Locke, John L. (City University of New York) Locke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521887137
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88713-7
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics