Proceedings of the First Berkeley Women and Language Conference

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Martha J. Makri

Markedness in Men's and Women's Speech: 1-5

Ruth King

Women and linguistic change: The Newfoundland French case: 6-15

Sandra Clarke

Sex differences in language usage: Are women really more standard speakers?: 16-32

Patricia C. Nichols

Ways of speaking in the rural South: Converging dialects: 33-50

Noelle Caskey

Charm on paper: Feminine style and reader relatedness: 51-61

Candace West

When the doctor is a "lady": Power, status, and gender in physician-patient encounters: 62-83

Cheris Kramerae

Linguistic crimes which the law cannot reach, or compliments and other insulting behavior: 84-95

Birch Moonwomon

Towards the study of lesbian speech: 96-107

Catherine E. Davies

The anonymous collective conversations of women's graffiti: Analysis of supportive advice-giving: 108-134

Mercilee M. Jenkins

What's so funny?: Joking among women: 135-141

Karen Ann Hunold

Sociolinguistic sterotyping in television commercials: 152-163

Karen E. Herman

The differential use of language in media treatment of gifted children: 164-170

Janet S. Shibamoto

Japanese women's language: As spoken by women, as spoken by men: 171-182

Katsue Akiba Reynolds

Female speakers of Japanese in transition: 183-196