Book: Women Talk P Women's talk is trivial and unimportant. That is the age-old myth which this book debunks. Jennifer Coates explores conversations between women friends to reveal the richness and complexity of the language they use. Like musicians jamming, women friends use language to mirror, balance and echo each other as they share experiences, discuss social questions and explore personal issues.
This book challenges the age-old myth that women's talk is trivial and unimportant. Drawing on a corpus of spontaneous conversation between friends, Jennifer Coates demonstrates the richness and complexity of the language used in such talk, focusing on women's use of hedges, questions and repetition.
Details of Book: Women Talk P Book: Women Talk P
Author: Jennifer Coates, David Coates
ISBN: 0631182535
ISBN-13: 9780631182535
, 978-0631182535
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jan 1991
Publisher: Wiley-blackwell
Number of Pages: 352
Language: English