Language in Society

Volume 28 : Issue 2

Table of Contents

• Preface 
  JANET HOLMES
  Page 171-172
• The Community of Practice: Theories and methodologies in language and gender research 
  JANET HOLMES and MIRIAM MEYERHOFF
  Page 173-183
• New generalizations and explanations in language and gender research 
  PENELOPE ECKERT and SALLY McCONNELL-GINET
  Page 185-201
• Sorry in the Pacific: Defining communities, defining practices 
  MIRIAM MEYERHOFF
  Page 225-238
• Communities of practice, gender, and the representation of sexual assault 
  SUSAN EHRLICH
  Page 239-256
• Communities of practice and pregnant women: Is there a connection? 
  ALICE F. FREED
  Page 257-271
• Toward a comprehensive theory of language and gender 
  VICTORIA L. BERGVALL
  Page 273-293
• Victoria L. Bergvall, Janet M. Bing, ; Alice F. Freed (eds.), Rethinking language and gender research: Theory and practice. (Real Language series.) London: Longman, 1996, Pp. xi, 303. 
  Patricia C. Nichols
  Page 295-298
• Niloofar Haeri, The sociolinguistic market of Cairo: Gender, class and education. (Library of Arabic linguistics, 13.) London ; New York: Kegan Paul, 1996. Pp. xviii, 271. 
  Sally McConnell-Ginet
  Page 298-301
• Sally Johnson ; Ulrike Hanna Meinhof (eds.), Language and masculinity. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. Pp. x, 244. 
  Mary Bucholtz
  Page 308-312