Gendered Speech in Social Context: Perspectives from Gown and TownJanet Holmes |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Revisions of gender and language research in the 21st century | 39 |
How apologies get to be gendered work | 52 |
gender as a pragmatic factor | 63 |
intervention gender and identity | 74 |
How long have women been leading language change? | 87 |
Sex as a factor in rises in New Zealand English | 99 |
How can language and gender research be best used in | 116 |
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