Mother Tongue, Father Time: A Decade of Linguistic Revolt (A Midland Book)

"Alette Hill’s unusually insightful and captivating style, combined with her breadth of interdisciplinary detail, make this an extraordinary book." —Wendy Martyna "An insightful look at the changes taking place in this society, and its reflection in our language." —Come-All-Ye Does a women’s language—a different mother tongue—exist? With wit and a keen critical sense, Alette Hill shows how the language we speak simultaneously reflects social change as it helps create it for the future. Cover......Page 1 ISBN 0-253-20389-9......Page 2 Dedication......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 1 Women's Language......Page 16 2 Crossing the Dialect Frontier......Page 35 3 Linguists and Laypeople......Page 49 4 Pronoun Envy......Page 65 5 Names and Titles......Page 81 6 Terms of Endearment......Page 101 7 The Language Gene......Page 120 8 Futurespeak......Page 139 Afterword......Page 155 Notes......Page 159 Index......Page 172 Does a women's language -- a different mother tongue -- exist? With wit and a keen critical sense, Alette Hill shows how the language we speak simultaneously reflects social change as it helps create it for the future Alette Olin Hill. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 145-155.