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Publication details [#49416]

Barnes, Lawrie. 1998. Men's Language: A Case of Linguistic Exclusion? Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 29 (1) : 83–100.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational style | group interaction | men's language | taboo | women's language

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This article examines the differences that have been found between male and female speech in a broad range of societies. The existence of these separate varieties has been attributed to diverse factors such as solidarity, the desire to exclude the out-group, innovation, invasion and taboo.