The Handbook of Language and Gender

Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Handbook of Language and Gender

Editor(s): Janet Holmes, Miriam Meyerhoff

Published Online: 11 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631225027

Online ISBN: 9780470756942

DOI: 10.1002/9780470756942

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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.



  • 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

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xv)

    1. Different Voices, Different Views: An Introduction to Current Research in Language and Gender (pages 1–17)

      Janet Holmes and Miriam Meyerhoff

  3. Part I: History and Theoretical Background to the Study of Language and Gender

    1. Chapter 1

      Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology (pages 20–42)

      Bonnie McElhinny

    2. Chapter 2

      Theories of Discourse as Theories of Gender: Discourse Analysis in Language and Gender Studies (pages 43–68)

      Mary Bucholtz

    3. Chapter 3

      “What's in a Name?” Social Labeling and Gender Practices (pages 69–97)

      Sally McConnell-Ginet

    4. Chapter 4

      Variation in Language and Gender (pages 98–118)

      Suzanne Romaine

    5. Chapter 5

      Language and Desire (pages 119–141)

      Don Kulick

    6. Chapter 6

      “One Man in Two is a Woman”: Linguistic Approaches to Gender in Literary Texts (pages 142–158)

      Anna Livia

  4. Part II: Negotiating Relations

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      Chapter 7

      Language, Gender, and Politics: Putting “Women” and “Power” in the Same Sentence (pages 160–178)

      Robin Lakoff

    2. Chapter 8

      Gender and Family Interaction (pages 179–201)

      Deborah Tannen

    3. Chapter 9

      Gender and Power in On-line Communication (pages 202–228)

      Susan C. Herring

    4. Chapter 10

      The Relevance of Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Children's Peer Negotiations (pages 229–251)

      Marjorie Harness Goodwin

    5. Chapter 11

      The Power of Gender Ideologies in Discourse (pages 252–276)

      Susan U. Philips

  5. Part III: Authenticity and Place

    1. Chapter 12

      Crossing Genders, Mixing Languages: The Linguistic Construction of Transgenderism in Tonga (pages 278–301)

      Niko Besnier

    2. Chapter 13

      Claiming a Place: Gender, Knowledge, and Authority as Emergent Properties (pages 302–326)

      Miriam Meyerhoff

    3. Chapter 14

      Constructing and Managing Male Exclusivity in Talk-in-interaction (pages 327–352)

      Jack Sidnell

    4. Chapter 15

      Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized Gender Identities (pages 353–380)

      Kira Hall

    5. Chapter 16

      Language and Gender in Adolescence (pages 20–400)

      Penelope Eckert

    6. Chapter 17

      Language and Gendered Modernity (pages 401–422)

      William L. Leap

    7. Chapter 18

      A Marked Man: The Contexts of Gender and Ethnicity (pages 423–443)

      Sara Trechter

  6. Part IV: Stereotypes and Norms

    1. Chapter 19

      Gender and Language Ideologies (pages 447–467)

      Deborah Cameron

    2. Chapter 20

      Gender Stereotypes: Reproduction and Challenge (pages 468–486)

      Mary Talbot

    3. Chapter 21

      Gender and Identity: Representation and Social Action (pages 487–508)

      Ann Weatherall and Cindy Gallois

    4. Chapter 22

      Prestige, Cultural Models, and Other Ways of Talking About Underlying Norms and Gender (pages 509–527)

      Scott Fabius Kiesling

    5. Chapter 23

      Communicating Gendered Professional Identity: Competence, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Workplace (pages 528–549)

      Caja Thimm, Sabine C. Koch and Sabine Schey

    6. Chapter 24

      Linguistic Sexism and Feminist Linguistic Activism (pages 550–570)

      Anne Pauwels

  7. Part V: Institutional Discourse

    1. Chapter 25

      “Feminine” Workplaces: Stereotype and Reality (pages 572–599)

      Janet Holmes and Maria Stubbe

    2. Chapter 26

      Creating Gendered Demeanors of Authority at Work and at Home (pages 600–623)

      Shari Kendall

    3. Chapter 27

      Schooled Language: Language and Gender in Educational Settings (pages 624–644)

      Joan Swann

    4. Chapter 28

      Coercing Gender: Language in Sexual Assault Adjudication Processes (pages 645–670)

      Susan Ehrlich

    5. Chapter 29

      Multiple Identities: The Roles of Female Parliamentarians in the EU Parliament (pages 671–698)

      Ruth Wodak

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      Epilogue: Reactions on Language and Gender Research (pages 699–721)

      Alice F. Freed

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      Index (pages 722–759)

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