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Gender-Related Variation in the Speech of English and Romanian Adolescents.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443812863
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender-Related Variation in the Speech of English and Romanian AdolescentsDDC classification:
  • 306.44081999999997
LOC classification:
  • PE1074.75.O263 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 -- 3.2. Data collection and methodology -- 3.3. (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 -- 5.3. Swearing, taboo language and slang in the speech of London adolescents -- 5.4. 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.
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Intro -- 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 -- 3.2. Data collection and methodology -- 3.3. (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 -- 5.3. Swearing, taboo language and slang in the speech of London adolescents -- 5.4. Teenagers as language innovators -- 5.5. Concluding remarks -- Conclusions and Further Research -- Bibliography.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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