Jennifer Coates Bücher

This book challenges the age-old myth that women's talk is trivial and unimportant. Drawing on a corpus of spontaneous conversation between friends, Jennifer Coates demonstrates the richness and complexity of the language used in such talk, focusing on women's use of hedges, questions and repetition.

This wide-ranging Reader comprises a valuable anthology of the key essays in the study of language and gender.

Men Talk draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Collects data from a wide range of conversations, including garage mechanics on a break, carpenters at the pub after work, and university academics chatting after hours.Focuses on stories, which occur within all-male conversations.Makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the intersection of language and masculinity.