The Sociolinguistics Reader: Volume 2: Gender and Discourse

by Peter Trudgill and Jenny Cheshire

Book Overview

The Sociolinguistics Reader presents a state-of-the-art account of the discipline in the closing years of the twentieth century.

Volume 2: Gender and Discourse in the first section looks at patterns of language variation, examining how gender identities are accomplished through language, and the importance of gender in accounting for language behaviour. Section II, meanwhile, examines the sociolinguistic issues surrounding discourse,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138372811
• ISBN13: 9781138372818
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"