Gender and PolitenessGender and Politeness challenges the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men as much of the language and gender literature claims. Sara Mills discusses the complex relations between gender and politeness and argues that although there are circumstances when women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity to guide their behaviour, will appear to be acting in a more polite way than men, there are many circumstances where women will act just as impolitely as men. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Rethinking linguistic interpretation | 16 |
Theorising politeness | 57 |
Politeness and impoliteness | 121 |
Theorising gender | 164 |
Gender and politeness | 202 |
Conclusions | 238 |
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References to this book
Handbook of Language and Social Interaction Kristine L. Fitch,Robert E. Sanders No preview available - 2005 |
French: A Linguistic Introduction Zsuzsanna Fagyal,Douglas Kibbee,Frederic Jenkins Limited preview - 2006 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Gender and Politeness Volume 17 of Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics |
| Author | Sara Mills |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0521009197, 9780521009195 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / Women's Studies |
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