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.
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.
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.
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.
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