A History Of Womens Contributions To Linguistics

Author : Professor of French Philology and Linguistics Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198754957
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the History of Linguistics written by Professor of French Philology and Linguistics Wendy Ayres-Bennett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of linguistic and cultural traditions. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, from the production of dictionaries and grammars to language teaching methods and language policy.

Author : Natalia Fernández Díaz-Cabal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781036404499
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Women's Contributions to Linguistics written by Natalia Fernández Díaz-Cabal and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this essay confesses that she has practised an exhumation exercise: an overwhelming work of research in which many names are hardly known (let alone recognised). The challenges of a work for which there is little precedent, and which was absolutely necessary, are numerous and varied: from the absence of documentation (or the difficulty of accessing it) to the over-representation of a large handful of linguists as opposed to the practical invisibility of the majority, to cite only the most obvious. Nevertheless, the result is an enjoyable and pedagogical read which documents the existence and contributions of more than 200 women who have worked in language-related disciplines. The book explores Western and Eastern sources in order to do justice to all those women who make this book meaningful.

Author : Natalia Fernández Díaz-Cabal
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1036404501
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Women's Contributions to Linguistics written by Natalia Fernández Díaz-Cabal and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this essay confesses that she has practised an exhumation exercise: an overwhelming work of research in which many names are hardly known (let alone recognised). The challenges of a work for which there is little precedent, and which was absolutely necessary, are numerous and varied: from the absence of documentation (or the difficulty of accessing it) to the over-representation of a large handful of linguists as opposed to the practical invisibility of the majority, to cite only the most obvious. Nevertheless, the result is an enjoyable and pedagogical read which documents the existence and contributions of more than 200 women who have worked in language-related disciplines. The book explores Western and Eastern sources in order to do justice to all those women who make this book meaningful.

Author : Robin Tolmach Lakoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195347173
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Woman's Place written by Robin Tolmach Lakoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1975 publication of Robin Tolmach Lakoff's Language and Woman's Place, is widely recognized as having inaugurated feminist research on the relationship between language and gender, touching off a remarkable response among language scholars, feminists, and general readers. For the past thirty years, scholars of language and gender have been debating and developing Lakoff's initial observations. Arguing that language is fundamental to gender inequality, Lakoff pointed to two areas in which inequalities can be found: Language used about women, such as the asymmetries between seemingly parallel terms like master and mistress, and language used by women, which places women in a double bind between being appropriately feminine and being fully human. Lakoff's central argument that "women's language" expresses powerlessness triggered a controversy that continues to this day. The revised and expanded edition presents the full text of the original first edition, along with an introduction and annotations by Lakoff in which she reflects on the text a quarter century later and expands on some of the most widely discussed issues it raises. The volume also brings together commentaries from twenty-six leading scholars of language, gender, and sexuality, within linguistics, anthropology, modern languages, education, information sciences, and other disciplines. The commentaries discuss the book's contribution to feminist research on language and explore its ongoing relevance for scholarship in the field. This new edition of Language and Woman's Place not only makes available once again the pioneering text of feminist linguistics; just as important, it places the text in the context of contemporary feminist and gender theory for a new generation of readers.

Author : Anne Curzan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139436686
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Shifts in the History of English written by Anne Curzan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to 'irregular agreement' (such as she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (such as generic he) in Modern English, and how is the language continuing to evolve in these respects? Anne Curzan's accessibly written and carefully researched study is based on extensive corpus data, and will make a major contribution by providing a historical perspective on these often controversial questions. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history of English, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language and gender, and medieval studies.

Author : Sally McConnell-Ginet
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Language in Literature and Society written by Sally McConnell-Ginet and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1980 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the 21 essays are outstanding contributions exemplifying the most interesting and sophisticated methodologies in feminist literary criticism. The essays are written by specialists representing a wide range of disciplines (linguistics, psychology, sociology, literary criticism, history and anthropology). An editors' introduction preceding each of the four parts provides a useful summary.

Author : Penelope Eckert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521652834
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Gender written by Penelope Eckert and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-09 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language and Gender is a 2003 introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and of the resources that the linguistic system offers for the construction of social meaning. The body of the book offers broad and deep coverage of the interaction between language and social life, ranging from nuances of pronunciation to conversational dynamics to the deployment of metaphor. The discussion is organized around the contributions language makes to situated social practice rather than around linguistic structures or gender analyses. At the same time, it introduces linguistic concepts in a way that is suitable for non-linguists. It is set to become the standard textbook for courses on language and gender.

Author : Gerda Lerner
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469617099
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Majority Finds Its Past written by Gerda Lerner and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women's history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, The Majority Finds Its Past became a classic volume in women's history following its publication in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber, introducing a new generation of readers to Gerda Lerner's considerable body of work and highlighting the importance of the essays in this collection to the development of the field that Lerner helped establish.

Author : Ruth Wodak
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761950998
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Discourse written by Ruth Wodak and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers an essential introduction to the ways in which feminist linguistics and critical discourse analysis have contributed to our understanding of gender and sex. The contributors provide both a review of the literature, as well as an opportunity to follow the most recent debates in this area.

Author : Barrie Thorne
Publisher : Newbury House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Gender, and Society written by Barrie Thorne and published by Newbury House Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: