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Publication details [#56519]

Kramarae, Cheris and Wei Zhang. 2012. Are Chinese women turning sharp-tongued? Discourse & Society 23 (6) : 749–770.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

expectation | group interaction | internet | style | women's language

Language as a subject

Chinese

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses preferred women talk styles among young Chinese, who, leastways in urban China, spend lots of time interacting online. Expectations for women’s talk are argued not to be constant, but related to historical changes and challenges.