Gender and Discourse.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Methodological Context -- The Role of Dominance in a Cultural Difference Framework -- Beyond the Nature/Nurture Dichotomy -- Notes -- References -- 1. The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance -- Introduction -- Overview of the Chapter -- Theoretical Background -- Power and Solidarity -- The Ambiguity of Linguistic Strategies -- The Polysemy of Power and Solidarity -- Similarity/Difference -- The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies -- Indirectness -- Interruption -- Silence Versus Volubility -- Topic Raising -- Adversativeness: Conflict and Verbal Aggression -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. Interpreting Interruption in Conversation -- Males Interrupt Females: The Research -- Interruption as Dominance -- Methodological Objection -- Sociolinguistic Objection -- Cultural Variation -- Ethical Objection: Stereotyping and Conversational Style -- Gender, Ethnicity, and Conversational Style -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- 3. Gender Differences in Conversational Coherence: Physical Alignment and Topical Cohesion -- Introduction -- Physical Alignment -- Summary: Physical Alignment -- Topical Cohesion -- Summary: Topical Cohesion -- Conclusion: The Congruence of Posture and Topic -- Notes -- References -- 4. Conversational Strategy and Metastrategy in a Pragmatic Theory: The Example of Scenes from a Marriage (with Robin Lakoff) -- Introduction: A Theory of Communicative Competence -- The Selection of Scenes from a Marriage -- Surface Harmony and Underlying Discord: The Framework of Scenes from a Marriage -- Pragmatic Relationships -- Individual Styles -- Pragmatic Identity -- Pragmatic Synonymy -- Pragmatic Homonymy -- The Use of Questions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Ethnic Style in Male-Female Conversation.

Indirectness in Discourse -- Culturally Relative Patterns of Interpretation: A Pilot Study -- Patterns of Interpretation: Qualitative Results -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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