Language as a means of gender identity construction

This paper examines gender ideologies in English and Romanian societies and argues that these ideologies which assign men and women different social roles become manifest in language at the level of conversational strategies through the process of socialization. The narratives analyzed demonstrate t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diana Hornoiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2007-01-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/language_as_a_means_of_gender_identity_construction