making the difference Poynton, Cate creator text xxk Oxford Oxford University Press 1989 2nd ed. monographic eng 104 p. This book deals with the use of language to actively create difference and inequality between men and women. Stressing the necessity of looking beyond "sexist" words for an understanding of how language creates difference, Poynton pays particular attention to grammatical and textual structure in both speech and writing. She contends that girls and boys become different kinds of people in the process of learning to use language differently in achieving different kinds of social goals. 1: Language and the social construction of gender. - 2: Using language to achieve social goals. - 3: Lexis and gender. - 4: Speaking about men and women. - 5: Speaking as woman/man. - 6: Social relations through grammar. Cate Poynton. MUJER LINGÜÍSTICA INGLÉS SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICA HOMBRE 0-19-437160-3 AR-RoIES 000000 20240802184520.0 010249 spa