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Publication details [#7054]

Nichols, Patricia C. 1980. Women in their speech community. In McConnell-Ginet, Sally, Ruth A. Borker and Nelly Furman, eds. Women and language in literature and society. Praeger. pp. 140–149.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

women's language

Annotation

N. argues that whether language is a door opening to new experiences or closing off a wide range of human interaction for women, depends on the unique experiences available to them within particular speech communities.