Genderlinguistik : Sprachliche Konstruktionen von Geschlechtsidentität (Linguistik - Impulse & Tendenzen 45) (2012. VIII, 450 S. 61 b/w ill. 230 mm)

This collection of essays on gender linguistics presents various perspectives on practices of linguistic construction of gender identity. The articles describe current methodological and theoretical approaches to analyzing the relationship between language and gender, discuss current issues, and sketch out new perspectives on linguistic gender construction in media contexts, in face-to-face interactions, and in the interplay of language systems and usage.