| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Introduction; 1.1. From sex differences to gender variation in language use; 1.2. Men's language versus women's language; 1.3. Gender-related stereotypes in English; 1.4. Gender-related stereotypes in Romanian; 1.5. Concluding remarks; Chapter Two; Introduction; 2.1. Variationist sociolinguistics; 2.2. Communities of practice; 2.3. Politeness and its relevance to the study of language and gender; 2.4. Concluding remarks; Chapter Three; Introduction; 3.1. The (ing) variable: previous research |
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3.2. Data collection and methodology3.3. (ing) patterns in the speech of London teenagers; 3.4. Concluding remarks; Chapter Four; Introduction; 4.1. (pe) in Early Modern Romanian; 4.2. (pe) in modern Romanian; 4.3. Data collection and methodology; 4.4. (pe) patterns in the speech of Romanian adolescents living in Constanta; 4.5. (pe) variation in the speech of Romanian adults; 4.6. Adolescent speech versus adult speech; 4.7. Concluding remarks; Chapter Five; Introduction; 5.1. Taboo language; 5.2. Bad language and sweet words |
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5.3. Swearing, taboo language and slang in the speech of London adolescents5.4. Teenagers as language innovators; 5.5. Concluding remarks; Conclusions and Further Research; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This book represents a synchronic sociolinguistic analysis of gender-related variation in the speech of English and Romanian adolescents. It is motivated by the belief that variation is a characteristic of natural language, and that a comprehensive understanding of language must include a grasp of the nature and function of variation. The book analyses sociolinguistic features of adolescent speech that occur in natural, spontaneous, everyday speech, thus representing a major contribution to the study of language in its social context |
| Notes |
Ph. D. University of Bucharest 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Sex differences.
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English language -- Spoken English -- Sex differences
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Romanian language -- Spoken Romanian -- Sex differences
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Teenagers -- Language -- Sex differences
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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English language -- Sex differences
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443812863 |
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1443812862 |
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