Gender and Conversational Interaction

Kudzai Gotosa

ISBN 10: 3844312188 / ISBN 13: 9783844312188

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mär 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Gender and conversational interaction is a book that examines the type of tag questions that are found in Shona (a language spoken in Zimbabwe) and establishes whether or not they are a gendered linguistic form. It uses ethnography of communication as a theoretical framework. The motivation for investigating whether or not Shona tag questions reflect gender difference between males and females is that early scholars on language and gender have classified them as a marker of gender differences. The book is hoped to be of use to students of language and gender.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 92 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and Conversational Interaction
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mär 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844312188
• ISBN 13: 9783844312188
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 155 grams

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Synopsis

Gender and conversational interaction is a book that examines the type of tag questions that are found in Shona (a language spoken in Zimbabwe) and establishes whether or not they are a gendered linguistic form. It uses ethnography of communication as a theoretical framework. The motivation for investigating whether or not Shona tag questions reflect gender difference between males and females is that early scholars on language and gender have classified them as a marker of gender differences. The book is hoped to be of use to students of language and gender.

About the Author

Kudzai Gotosa holds a B A General degree in English and Shona, a Grad Certificate in Education, a special Honours in Linguistics degree and a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics, all obtained from the University of Zimbabwe where she is currently an assistant lecturer in the department of linguistics.