The contributors to this collection offer an essential introduction to the ways in which feminist linguistics and critical discourse analysis have contributed to our understanding of gender and sex. By examining how these perspectives have been applied to these concepts, the contributors provide both a review of the literature, as well as an opportunity to follow the most recent debates in this area.
Gender and Discourse brings together European, American and Australian traditions of research. Through an analysis of a range of `real' data, the contributors demonstrate the relevance of these theoretical and methodological insights for gender research in particular and social practice in general.
Introduction - Ruth Wodak
Some Important Issues in the Research of Gender and Discourse
Theoretical Debates in Feminist Linguistics - Deborah Cameron
Questions of Sex and Gender
Gender, Power and Practice, or Putting Your Money (and Your Research) Where Your Mouth Is - Victoria de Francisco
Gender and Racism in Discourse - Nora R[um]athzel
Gender and Language in the Workplace - Shari Kendall and Deborah Tannen
Ideologies of Public and Private Language in Sociolinguistics - Bonnie McElhinny
Gender, Discourse and Senior Education - David Corson
Ligatures for Girls, Options for Boys?
Difference Without Diversity - Suzanne Eggins and Rick Iedema
Semantic Orientation and Ideology in Competing Women's Magazines
`It's a Game!' - Alyson Simpson
The Construction of Gendered Subjectivity
Talking Power - Amy Sheldon
Girls, Gender Enculturation and Discourse
Women's Friendships, Women's Talk - Jennifer Coates
Storytelling in New Zealand - Janet Holmes
Women's and Men's Talk
