Gender and discourse

The contributors to this collection offer an essential introduction to the ways in which feminist linguistics and critical discourse analysis have contributed to our understanding of gender and sex. By examining how these perspectives have been applied to these concepts, the contributors provide both a review of the literature, as well as an opportunity to follow the most recent debates in this area. Gender and Discourse brings together European, American and Australian traditions of research. Through an analysis of a range of r̀eal' data, the contributors demonstrate the relevance of these th. Introduction : some important issues in the research of gender and discourse / Ruth Wodak -- Theoretical debates in feminist linguistics : questions of sex and gender / Deborah Cameron -- Gender, power and practice : or, putting your money (and your research) where your mouth is / Victoria DeFrancisco -- Gender and racism in discourse / Nora Räthzel -- Gender and language in the workplace / Shari Kendall and Deborah Tannen -- Ideologies of public and private language in sociolinguistics / Bonnie McElhinny -- Gender, discourse and senior education : ligatures for girls, options for boys? / David Corson -- Difference without diversity : semantic orientation and ideology in competing women's magazines / Suzanne Eggins and Rick Iedema -- 'It's a game!' : the construction of gendered subjectivity / Alyson Simpson -- Talking power : girls, gender enculturation and discourse / Amy Sheldon -- Women's friendships, women's talk / Jennifer Coates -- Story-telling in New Zealand women's and men's talk / Janet Holmes.