The Handbook of Language and Gender (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that examines the dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk. * Examines the dynamic ways that women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk. * Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating picture of the field for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines. * Features data and case studies from interactions in different social contexts and from a range of different communities. * Includes contributions from the leading specialists in the field. The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that examines the dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk. It can be argued that society categorizes people first and foremost by gender. This book examines how and why this occurs, and looks at the implications of gender ideologies for the ways we interact. Data and case-studies from interactions in a number of different social contexts and from a range of different communities provide the basis of the discussion, while the contributors' theoretical discussions explore the problems, pitfalls, and potential benefits of research on and discourses about gender. This Handbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating picture of the field of language and gender for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, gender studies, communication, management, psychology, sociology, and anthropology "The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics most directly concerned with language change as well as past language states.". "The book begins with a comprehensive introduction by the editors that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context both within the field of linguistics itself and within the historical sciences more generally. The articles in this volume, supplemented with an extensive bibliography and detailed indexes, make The Handbook of Historical Linguistics an indispensable resource for anyone with an interest in history and/or language."--BOOK JACKET.

The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that examines the dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk.

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• Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating picture of the field for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines

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• Features data and case studies from interactions in different social contexts and from a range of different communities

Increasingly, feminist scholars in linguistics and in other fields have realized that we must ask how empirical gaps come to be created.