Gender Differences in English Syntax (Linguistische Arbeiten)

Product Description The present book provides the most comprehensive account so far of gender differences in syntax. It is an in-depth corpus-based study of syntactic variation in the use of adverbial clauses and tag questions. Written in a broadly functional framework, it pays due attention to the interaction of gender with other internal (semantics, syntax, prosody) and external (style, power, surreptitiousness, group composition) determinants. This volume is essential reading for those interested in language and gender and in how functionalism can be brought to bear in illuminating language structure and use. Review By means ofher formal and espescially functional in-depth analysis, [Mondorf] is not only able to resolve some contradictions of previous research, but also to provide linguistics with a valuable theoretical framwork for further research on the subject. Marion Matschi in: York University, Languages and Literatures1/2006