1. Self-concept, Self-esteem and Language: Sex Differences In Childhood and Adolescence

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. About, to and by women 17
6. PART 1. LANGUAGE AND SOCIALIZATION: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND INTERACTION IN THE CLASSROOM
7. 1. Self-concept, Self-esteem and Language: Sex Differences In Childhood and Adolescence 29
8. 2. Differences In the Early Communication between Mothers and Children 43
9. 3. Sex and Family Background in Early Language Acquisition 53
10. 4. Learning from your Peers: The Acquisition of Gender-specific Speech Styles 58
11. 5. Classroom Interaction: Survival of the Fittest? 76
12. 6. Learning to 'be' at School: Authority and Warmth in the Classroom 89
13. 7. Girls and Science Education: Selection In Classroom Interaction 114
14. PART 2. LANGUAGE AND SELF-IMAGE: SPEECH STYLE AND SOCIAL EVALUATION
15. 8. The 'Family of Women': a Linguistic Analysis of the Feminist Discourse on Femininity, Equality and Difference 129
16. 9. Women, Speech and Presuppositions 139
17. 10. Sex Differences in Language: Observations of Dyadic Conversations between Members of the Same Sex 148
18. 11. How to take the Floor without Being Floored 164
19. 12. Hesitancy in Female and Male Speech 176
20. 13. Speech Style, Study and Social Muteness: Women about Language Behaviour in Conversations Related to College or University Studies 188
21. 14. Sex Differences in Evaluation and Proficiency Mother Tongue and Second Language 196
22. 15. Language, Attitudes and Sex Stereotypes 212
23. List of Contributors 225
24. List of Other Participants of the Workshop 227