Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise
This book reveals how 'double-voicing' is an inherent and routine part of spoken interactions within institutional contexts. Baxter's research shows that women use double-voicing more than men as a means of gaining acceptance and approval in the workplace
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137348531.0001
Also by Judith Baxter THE LANGUAGE OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP SPEAKING OUT: The Female Voice in Public Contexts (editor) POSITIONING GENDER IN DISCOURSE: A Feminist Methodology MAKING GENDER WORK
DOI: 10.1057/9781137348531.0001
Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise Judith Baxter
DOI: 10.1057/9781137348531.0001
© Judith Baxter 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-34852-4
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Contents Acknowledgements 1
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Double-voicing in Our Everyday Lives Introducing double-voicing What is double-voicing? Student to staff emails Senior colleague to junior colleague emails Peer-to-peer staff emails Theoretical approach of the book Power, gender and linguistic expertise Power Gender Linguistic expertise Closely related concepts Politeness Humour Map of the book Bakhtin’s Theories of Double-voiced Discourse Introduction Bakhtin’s philosophy on language Single and double-voicing Single-voiced discourse Double-voiced discourse Bakhtin’s alternative versions of double-voicing Reported speech
DOI: 10.1057/9781137348531.0001
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Social heteroglossia Polyphony Research studies on double-voicing Single and double-voiced discourse Stylisation and the local multi-ethnic vernacular Super-diversity Summing up 3
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Case Study 1: Double-voicing and Group Interactions in the University Classroom Introduction Theoret
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