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Language and the sexes / Francine Frank and Frank Anshen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1983.Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585054045
  • 9780585054049
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language and the sexes.DDC classification:
  • 420/.1/9 19
LOC classification:
  • PE2808 .F73 1983eb
Other classification:
  • H0
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Naming names -- 2: Talking like a lady: how women talk -- 3: Hey lady: whose honey are you anyway? -- 4: Of girls and chicks -- 5: What is to be done -- Suggested research projects -- Bibliography -- Guidelines for non-discriminatory language usage -- Selected list of guidelines for non-sexist usage -- Index.
Summary: From the Back Cover: In a highly readable and lively text, the authors explore the way language mirrors our cultural assumptions, especially those concerned with gender distinctions. Focusing on contemporary issues, they draw on their knowledge of sociolinguistics and other languages to illustrate how sexism may be hidden by habits of language. In making the reader aware of these, they suggest options for change. Language And The Sexes synthesizes a wide range of up-to-date information and research under several topics: naming, stereotypes of language behavior, the politics of conversation, forms of address, asymmetry in vocabulary, and possibilities of reform. The book concludes with suggested projects related to these topics, guidelines for non-discriminatory language use, and an extensive bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106) and index.

Print version record.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Naming names -- 2: Talking like a lady: how women talk -- 3: Hey lady: whose honey are you anyway? -- 4: Of girls and chicks -- 5: What is to be done -- Suggested research projects -- Bibliography -- Guidelines for non-discriminatory language usage -- Selected list of guidelines for non-sexist usage -- Index.

From the Back Cover: In a highly readable and lively text, the authors explore the way language mirrors our cultural assumptions, especially those concerned with gender distinctions. Focusing on contemporary issues, they draw on their knowledge of sociolinguistics and other languages to illustrate how sexism may be hidden by habits of language. In making the reader aware of these, they suggest options for change. Language And The Sexes synthesizes a wide range of up-to-date information and research under several topics: naming, stereotypes of language behavior, the politics of conversation, forms of address, asymmetry in vocabulary, and possibilities of reform. The book concludes with suggested projects related to these topics, guidelines for non-discriminatory language use, and an extensive bibliography.

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