Gender in World Englishes

Herausgeber: Bernaisch, Tobias

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on authentic English-language material, and backed by the latest statistical methods, this book explores the impact of gender on linguistic choices in English-speaking countries worldwide, considering local social realities. It is essential reading for researchers and advanced students with an interest in language, gender and World Englishes.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781108482547
• ISBN-10: 1108482546
• Artikelnr.: 60011825

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: genderlectal variation in the English-speaking world
Tobias Bernaisch; 2. Localisation, globalisation and gender discourse:
pragmatic variation in Ghanaian English Beke Hansen; 3. Sociolinguistic
variation in intensifier usage in Indian and British English: gender and
language in the Inner and Outer Circles Robert Fuchs; 4. Tag questions and
gender in Indian English Claudia Lange and Sven Leuckert; 5. Hedges and
gender in the Inner and Expanding Circles Tobias Bernaisch; 6. The role of
gender in postcolonial syntactic choice-making: evidence from the genitive
alternation in British and Sri Lankan English Stefan Th. Gries, Benedikt
Heller and Nina Funke; 7. Social constraints on syntactic variation: the
role of gender in Jamaican English ditransitive constructions Melanie
Rothlisberger; 8. Linguistic colloquialisation, democratisation and gender
in Asian Englishes Lucia Loureiro-Porto; 9. Gender, writing and editing in
South African Englishes: a case study of the genitive alternation Melanie
A. Law and Haidee Kotze.