Gender and the Language of Illness
Description
An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes.
Keywords
SICKSOCIOLINGUISTICSLANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES_SEX DIFFERENCES
2010Book
Author(s)Jonathan Charteris-Black
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230222359
LanguageEnglish
