Linguistic sex roles in conversation social variation in the expression of tentativeness in English / [electronic resource] :
by Bent Preisler.
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c1986.
- xviii, 347 p. : ill.
- Contributions to the sociology of language ; 45 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-312) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English language--Modality. English language--Sex differences. English language--Social aspects. Speech acts (Linguistics) English language--Spoken English. Conversation.