LOS VALORES OCULTOS DE LA DIFERENCIACIÓN SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICA LIGADA AL GÉNERO

Authors

  • Juan Antonio Cutillas-Espinosa

Keywords:

Variationist sociolinguistics, gender, interpretations, requiriments, perfotmative theory

Abstract

In our study we discuss some of the contradictory interpretations which have been suggested in order to account for the patterns of gender differentiation in the field of variationist sociolinguistics. Starting from a brief comment at some of the findings of different sociolinguistics. We look at some of the theories which have been proposed suggesting that these are biased against women. We also propose the basic requirements of an account of gender in differences in language. Finally, we suggest a performative view of gender identity, which gives more importance to the social and normative dimension of individual linguistic behaviour.

Author Biography

Juan Antonio Cutillas-Espinosa

Departamento de Filología Inglesa Facultad de Letras Universidad de Murcia

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