Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationships between language use and social structure. It investigates the correlation between linguistic (i.e., phonological, lexical, and gram...
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Sociolinguistics
When Brown and Gilman published their classic work on pronouns of power and solidarity (1960; see also 1989), no one characterized that paper as a major contribution to "sociol...
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Genderlects: Wordy Women and Mute Men
Who exactly does more talking, women or men? This is not a plausible question because women and men communicate in different ways. Women are intimate and are ...
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