Contribution to Book
Topic Introduction Elements in Single-Gender and Mixed-Gender Social Club Business Meeting in the US
Gender-Linked Variation Across Languages
(2013)
Abstract
Book Summary: The study of language and gender has been greatly advanced by focusing on the local and the particular. Now is the time to explore what more we can learn by looking at gendered speakers’ use of typologically different languages. How do the resources provided by each language affect the ways in which women and men construct gendered identities in their cultures and communities? What resources do the languages provide at various linguistic levels? What frameworks account for gender-linked variation in specific local contexts?
As we advance our understanding of locally constructed masculinities and femininities, these questions impel the studies brought together in this volume, which investigate Maori, Japanese, Hebrew, Tamil, Chinese, Korean, English, Arabic, Sinhala, and Ekegusii. Written for scholars of linguistics, this collection illustrates the current state of understanding of the interaction of language and social gender, and it suggests directions for future research.
Keywords
- gender,
- language,
- culture
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 25, 2013
Editor
Y. Elhindi, and T. McGarry
Publisher
Common Ground Publishing
ISBN
9781612292229
Citation Information
Theresa M McGarry. "Topic Introduction Elements in Single-Gender and Mixed-Gender Social Club Business Meeting in the US" 1Champaign, ILGender-Linked Variation Across Languages Vol. 1 (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/theresa_mcgarry/52/