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Zusatztext 'I appreciate the breadth of contexts studied! from media! politics! work settings! religion courtrooms and classrooms. I believe they constitute a solid coverage that potentially make the book a classic! bridging a broad spectrum of evidence that will be very useful both to advanced undergraduate and to graduate students and to researchers...There is no other text that does similar work...very exciting and satisfying.' - Victoria Bergvall! Associate Professor of Linguistics! Michigan Technological University! USA Informationen zum Autor JUDITH MATTSON BEAN Associate Professor of English and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas Woman's University, USADEBORAH CAMERON Professor of Language and Communication at the University of OxfordSUSAN EHRLICH Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University in Toronto, CanadaPULENG HANONG (previously published under the surname Thetela) Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand in South AfricaJANET HOLMES Director of the Language in the Workplace Project and holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandALLYSON JULÉ Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UKSHARI KENDALL Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the Department of English at Texas A & M University, USALIA LITOSSELITI Lecturer in Linguistics at City University, London, UKMEREDITH MARRA Research Officer for Victoria University's Language in the Workplace Project and a Lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, New ZealandSARA MILLS Research Professor in Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University, UKSYLVIA SHAW Senior Lecturer in Communication and English Language Studies at Middlesex University, London, UKSTEPHANIE SCHNURR Engaged in research towards a PhD in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandDENISETROUTMAN Associated Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, Culture, Linguistics and Language at Michigan State University, USACLARE WALSH Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University, Bedford, UK Klappentext Focusing on the female voice in public contexts, language and gender specialists consider the barriers and opportunities encountered by women in gaining recognition in politics, law, the church, education, business and the media, where people are increasingly judged by their speech and where male and female speech is often evaluated differently. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the female voice in public contexts! language and gender specialists consider the barriers and opportunities encountered by women in gaining recognition in politics! law! the church! education! business and the media! where people are increasingly judged by their speech and where male and female speech is often evaluated differently. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; J.Baxter PART 1: THEORISING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Theorising the Female Voice in Public Contexts; D.Cameron Gaining a Public Voice: An Historical Perspective on American Women's Speech in Public Contexts; J.M.Bean Constructing Gender in Public Arguments: The Female Voice as Emotional Voice; L.Litosseliti PART 2: RESEARCHING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Gender and Performance Anxiety at Academic Conferences; S.Mills Governed by the Rules?: The Female Voice in Parliamentary Debates; S.Shaw Silence as Morality: Lecturing at a Theology College; A.Julé Gender and the Genre of the Broadcast Political Interview; C.Walsh Trial Discourse and Judicial Decision-making: Constraining the Boundaries of Gendered Identities; S.Ehrlich 'Do we have to agree with her?' How High School Girls Negotiate Leadership in Public Contexts; J.Baxter Positioning the Female Vo...
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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; J.Baxter PART 1: THEORISING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Theorising the Female Voice in Public Contexts; D.Cameron Gaining a Public Voice: An Historical Perspective on American Women's Speech in Public Contexts; J.M.Bean Constructing Gender in Public Arguments: The Female Voice as Emotional Voice; L.Litosseliti PART 2: RESEARCHING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Gender and Performance Anxiety at Academic Conferences; S.Mills Governed by the Rules?: The Female Voice in Parliamentary Debates; S.Shaw Silence as Morality: Lecturing at a Theology College; A.Julé Gender and the Genre of the Broadcast Political Interview; C.Walsh Trial Discourse and Judicial Decision-making: Constraining the Boundaries of Gendered Identities; S.Ehrlich 'Do we have to agree with her?' How High School Girls Negotiate Leadership in Public Contexts; J.Baxter Positioning the Female Voice within Work and Family; S.Kendall Culture, Voice and the Public Sphere: A Critical Analysis of the Female Voices on Sexuality in Indigenous South African Society; P.Hanong 'They say it's a man's world, but you can't prove it by me': African-American Comediennes' Construction of Voice in the Public Space; D.Troutman Effective Leadership in New Zealand Workplaces: Balancing Gender and Role; M.Marra, S.Schnurr & J.Holmes Index
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'I appreciate the breadth of contexts studied, from media, politics, work settings, religion courtrooms and classrooms. I believe they constitute a solid coverage that potentially make the book a classic, bridging a broad spectrum of evidence that will be very useful both to advanced undergraduate and to graduate students and to researchers...There is no other text that does similar work...very exciting and satisfying.' - Victoria Bergvall, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Michigan Technological University, USA
