Children's Gender Indexing in Language: From the Separate Worlds Hypothesis to Considerations of Culture, Context, and Power.

Kyratzis, Amy

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ERIC Number: EJ619910

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Children's Gender Indexing in Language: From the Separate Worlds Hypothesis to Considerations of Culture, Context, and Power.

Kyratzis, Amy

Research on Language and Social Interaction, v34 n1 p1-13 2001

This article introduces the topic of this special issue of the journal. Explains the separate worlds hypothesis, discusses feminist critiques of separate worlds, and introduces children's gender indexing and considerations of culture, context, and power. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Power Structure, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Gender Construction in Children's Interactions: A Cultural Perspective.