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Publication details [#384]

McConnell-Ginet, Sally, Ruth A. Borker and Nelly Furman, eds. 1980. Women and language in literature and society. Praeger. xv + 352 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

literature | women's language

Articles in this volume

McConnell-Ginet, Sally. Linguistics and the feminist challenge. 3–25

Borker, Ruth A. Anthropology: Social and cultural perspectives. 26–44

Furman, Nelly. Textual feminism. 45–54

Kramarae, Cheris. Proprietors of language. 58–68

Martyna, Wendy. The psychology of the generic masculine. 69–78

Wolfson, Nessa and Joan Manes. Don't 'dear' me! 79–92

O'Barr, William M. and Bowman K. Atkins. 'Women's language' or 'powerless language'? 93–110

Brown, Penelope. How and why are women more polite: Some evidence from a Mayan community. 111–136

Nichols, Patricia C. Women in their speech community. 140–149

Giles, Howard, Philip M. Smith, Caroline Browne, Sarah Whiteman and Jennifer Williams. Women's speech: The voice of feminism. 150–156

Goodwin, Marjorie Harness. Directive-response speech sequences in girls' and boys' task activities. 157–173

Scheman, Naomi. Anger and the politics of naming. 174–187