Gender Differences in English Syntax
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Gender Differences in English Syntax

  1. 220 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Gender Differences in English Syntax

About this book

The present book provides the most comprehensive account so far of gender differences in syntax. It is an in-depth corpus-based study of syntactic variation in the use of adverbial clauses and tag questions. Written in a broadly functional framework, it pays due attention to the interaction of gender with other internal (semantics, syntax, prosody) and external (style, power, surreptitiousness, group composition) determinants. This volume is essential reading for those interested in language and gender and in how functionalism can be brought to bear in illuminating language structure and use.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9783484304918
eBook ISBN
9783110943375
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Languages
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 1.1. Subject of Investigation
  3. 1.2. Four Principles of Gender Differences in Language
  4. 1.3. Tag Questions
  5. 1.4. Adverbial Clauses
  6. 1.5. Structure of the Book
  7. 2. Theoretical Preliminaries and Hypotheses
  8. 2.1. Functional Syntax
  9. 2.2. Syntactic Variation
  10. 2.3. Theories of Gender Differences
  11. 2.4. Hypotheses
  12. 3. Methodology
  13. 3.1. Statistical Testing in Previous Research
  14. 3.2. The Data
  15. 3.3. Methodological Preliminaries
  16. 3.4. Tokens as Common Denominator
  17. 3.5. Significance Levels
  18. 4. Syntactic Variation According to Sex: Tag Questions
  19. 4.1. Definition of Tag Questions
  20. 4.2. Tag Questions According to Gender
  21. 4.3. Formal Classification of Tag Questions
  22. 4.4. Functional Classifications of Tag Questions
  23. 4.5. Summary
  24. 5. Syntactic Variation According to Sex: Finite Adverbial Clauses
  25. 5.1. Definition of Finite Adverbial Clauses
  26. 5.2. Syntactic Functions of Adverbial Clauses
  27. 5.3. Semantic Functions of Adverbial Clauses
  28. 5.4. Adverbial Clauses According to Sex
  29. 5.5. Bidirectionality of Adverbial Clauses
  30. 5.6. Continuing and Final Intonation
  31. 5.7. Functional Differentiation of Adverbial Clauses
  32. 6. External Determinants Co-Extensive with Sex
  33. 6.1. Style
  34. 6.2. Power
  35. 6.3. Group Composition
  36. 6.4. Surreptitiousness
  37. 6.5. Other Factors
  38. 7. Explaining the Findings: Why Women and Men Talk Differently
  39. 7.1. Semantic Aspects Underlying the Gendered Distribution of Finite Adverbial Clauses
  40. 7.2. Positional Aspects Underlying the Gendered Distribution of Finite Adverbial Clauses
  41. 7.3. Gender and Turn-Allocation
  42. 7.4. Functional Aspects Underlying the Gendered Distribution of Tag Questions and Finite Adverbial Clauses
  43. 7.5. The Relation between Gender and other External Factors
  44. 7.6. Implications of a Status Explanation of Gender Differences
  45. 8. Conclusion
  46. References