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How do we talk at work? Are there distinctively 'feminine' or particularly 'masculine' ways of interacting in the workplace? If so, who uses them, and in what contexts? This book explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction, and examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Using original and insightfully analyzed data, Janet Holmes focuses not on how women and men differ in the ways they communicate power and authority, but rather on the ways in…mehr

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How do we talk at work? Are there distinctively 'feminine' or particularly 'masculine' ways of interacting in the workplace? If so, who uses them, and in what contexts? This book explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction, and examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Using original and insightfully analyzed data, Janet Holmes focuses not on how women and men differ in the ways they communicate power and authority, but rather on the ways in which both draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles.
Autorenporträt
Janet Holmes holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington. Her publications include The Blackwell Handbook of Language and Gender (2003; co-edited with Miriam Meyerhoff), Power and Politeness in the Workplace (2003; with Maria Stubbe), and Women, Men and Politeness (1995).
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"Gendered Talk at Work offers rich empirical texture tosupport subtle and careful analysis of gender in workplace talk.Janet Holmes's highly readable yet theoreticallysophisticated book will be required reading not just forsociolinguists but for everyone interested in promoting genderequity in employment." Sally McConnell-Ginet, CornellUniversity

"A particular strength of this book is its accessibility tonon-linguists: it will assist women and men in the workplace togain a more sophisticated understanding of how gender interactswith power in producing different ways of speaking." AnnePauwels, The University of Western Australia

"Janet Holmes's account of gender and workplace discourserepresents sociolinguistic scholarship at its best. Her detailedand wide-ranging analysis of language in interaction providesunique insights into the linguistic culture of the workplace andchallenges stereotypical conceptions of gendered speaking styles- an invaluable resource." Joan Swann, The OpenUniversity

"Holmes's text is a well-written accessible book that not onlygives the reader an understanding of much of the work on genderedworkplace talk but advances with equal clarity into Holmes's ownsubtle and nuanced additions to the field." Discourse &Communication