Gender and Politeness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521009195)

Challenging the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men (as language and gender literature claim), Sara Mills discusses the complex relationship between gender and politeness. Mills argues that, although women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity, can appear to be acting more politely than men, there are many circumstances where women will act as "impolitely" as men.

Author: Sara Mills
ISBN-10: 0521009197
ISBN-13: 9780521009195
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2003
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.69d