But her language skills shifted the family dynamics dramatically’

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ID12898379
AuthorsSally Johnson (0000-0002-9514-4220, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Astrid Ensslin (0000-0003-2189-0025, Bangor University)
Year2007
Volume1
Issue1
Pages229-254
Publication date2007-04-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender and Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-6321 • E-ISSN: 1747-633X
PublisherEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/genl.v1.i1.17192
OpenAlexW2088160506
LanguageEN
Citations received1

Drawing on recent work on language ideologies as ‘sets of representations’ and ‘belief systems’ that are central not only to the construction of languages, but also their communities of users or publics, this paper explores the ways in which language is represented in relation to gender in two British newspapers, The Times and the Guardian. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of a corpus of texts containing 96 instances of the terms or, the study reveals a marked gender distinction in the way in which language is represented in this sector of the print media in relation to four main themes: ‘aesthetic value’, ‘plain talking’, ‘transgression of norms’ and ‘language skills’. The findings are then explored in the context of ongoing theoretical debates on the question of ‘representation’ versus ‘reality’ together with the language ideological notion of gendered ‘publics’

Context (archaeology · Dynamics (music · Guardian · Ideology · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Publics · Relation (database · Representation (politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · History · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy

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