How gender shapes the world /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna) (συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
• Σειρά: Oxford linguistics
• Θέματα: Κοινωνιογλωσσολογία; Γλώσσα και γλώσσες > Διαφορές φύλου

This is a book about the multi-faceted notion of gender. Gender differences form the basis for family life, patterns of socialization, distribution of tasks, and spheres of responsibilities. The way gender is articulated shapes the world of individuals, and of the societies they live in. Gender has...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The multifaceted gender
• Linguistic gender and its expression
• Round women and long men: physical properties in linguistic gender
• What are linguistic genders good for?
• Gender meanings in grammar and lexicon
• The rise and fall of linguistic gender
• Manly women and womanly men: the effects of gender reversal
• The images of gender
• When women and men speak differently
• The rituals of gender
• Gender in grammar and society
• The heart of the matter: envoi.