University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Gender in Natural Conversation and Literary Discourse: A Sociolinguistic Study

Frenck, Susan L.

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Title
Gender in Natural Conversation and Literary Discourse: A Sociolinguistic Study
Author(s)
Frenck, Susan L.
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Brat B. Kachru
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Linguistics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Language, Linguistics
Language
eng
Abstract
These results are argued to have significance for gender and language research, and particularly for the models used to explain the basis of gender-based language differences. I show unlike the DOMINANCE and CULTURAL DIFFERENCE models, only the SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST model fully accounts for my results.
Graduation Semester
1999
Type of Resource
text
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