Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community

  • Susan Gal
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Abstract

Linguistic differences between men and women can appear at various levels of grammar: in phonology, in syntax and pragmatics, in choice of lexical items, in choice of language by bilinguals, as well as in patterns of conversational interaction.

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