Women, men and language : a sociolinguistic account of gender differences in language

PrefacePART ONE: INTRODUCTORY1 Language and gender2 The historical background (I) – Folklinguistics and the early grammarians3 The historical background (II) – Anthropologists and dialectologistsPART TWO: THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC EVIDENCE4 Quantitative studies5 Social networks6 Gender differences in conversational practice7 Conversational dominance in mixed talk8 Same-sex talkPART THREE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES9 Children and gender-differentiated language10 The role of gender differences in linguistic change11 The social consequences of gender differences in languagePART FOUR: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE12 New developments in language and gender researchBibliographyIndex