That they don’t always succeed in convincingly maintaining this Gender is analyzed not as a simple social variable (as in early sociolinguistic research) butĪs a complex set of constraints that determine the range of linguistic resources available forĮxploitation in interaction. In this book, they take on the mammot h task of (re-)evaluating three decades of L&G research through social-constructionist spectacles. Linguistics to semantics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. Their complementary areas of expertise extend from dialectology and variationist Research, Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet (E&M) are well-placed to take on thisĭaunting task. As pioneers of social constructionism in L&G Identify patterns and draw out generalizations. L&G can be consistently maintained without losing sight of the ultimate goal of all research, to The authors explore the extent to which a social-constructionist approach to the analysis of Social construction of gendered identities is accomplished through language use in social practice. This is an important book in language and gender (L&G) studies, demonstrating how the Reviewed by JANET HOLMES, Victoria University of Wellington Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. By PENELOPE ECKERT and SALLY MCCONNELL-GINET. Natural Language Theory and Technology Group Point is a major goal of the book and B succeeds admirably.

May be possible to extend an analysis of these phenomena to other, nonclitic cases. Provides an excellent range of phenomena for exploring this interaction and, as B points out, it More important, however, I do agree with his basic claim that phonology, especially prosody,Īnd syntax both play a crucial role in word order realization. Is dissatisfied with his analysis and suggests possible approaches to the remaining problems. Published by Linguistic Society of Americaįor additional information about this articleĪccess provided by your subscribing institution.

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