Women, Men and Everyday Talk

Jennifer Coates is Emeritus Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Roehampton, UK. Her chief research interests are language, gender and sexuality, turn-taking in conversation, and conversational narrative. Her published work includes Women, Men and Language; Women Talk. Conversation Between Women Friends; Men Talk: Stories in the Making of Masculinities; and The Sociolinguistics of Narrative (co-editor).

'[T]he author's straightforward presentation of the history of language and gender studies makes this book an ideal supplement for an introductory course on gender, discourse analysis, or sociolinguistics.' - Linguist

• Introduction PART I: LANGUAGE IN ALL-FEMALE GROUPS 1. Women's Stories 2. So I Mean I Probably…. 3. Competing Discourses of Femininity 4. Changing Femininities 5. Women Behaving Badly PART II: LANGUAGE IN ALL-MALE GROUPS 6. One-at-a-Time 7. So I Thought 'Bollocks to it' 8 'My Mind is With You" 9. ''Everyone Was Convinced That We Were Closet Fags' PART III: GENDERED TALK IN OTHER CONTEXTS 10. Language, Gender and Career 11. Having a Laugh 12. Turn-Taking Patterns in Deaf Friends' Talk PART IV: LANGUAGE AND GENDER - CHANGING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 13. The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Mars and Venus in Language and Gender Research References Index