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Shari Kendall & Deborah Tannen

In: Gender and Discourse

Chapter 4: Gender and Language in the Workplace

Edited by: Ruth Wodak

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446250204.n5

Subject: Sociology of Gender, Gender Communication

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Kendall, S. & Tannen, D. (1997). Gender and language in the workplace. In R. Wodak (Ed.), Gender and discourse (pp. 81-105). London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781446250204.n5

Kendall, Shari and Deborah Tannen. "Gender and Language in the Workplace." In Gender and Discourse, edited by Ruth Wodak, 81-105. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997. doi: 10.4135/9781446250204.n5.

Kendall, S & Tannen, D 1997, 'Gender and language in the workplace', in Wodak, R (ed.), Gender and discourse, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, pp. 81-105, viewed 10 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781446250204.n5.

Kendall, Shari and Deborah Tannen. "Gender and Language in the Workplace." Gender and Discourse. Ed. Ruth Wodak. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997. 81-105. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 10 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781446250204.n5.

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Gender and Language in the Workplace
Gender and language in the workplace
ShariKendall and DeborahTannen

Interaction in the workplace is characterized by a unique constellation of constraints: an institutional structure in which individuals are hierarchically ranked; a history of greater male participation in most work settings, especially at the higher ranking levels; a still existing, though recently permeated, pattern of participation along gender lines; periodic external evaluation in the form of raises, promotions, task assignments, and performance reviews; and a situation in which participants are required to interact regularly with others who are neither kin nor chosen affiliates. The workplace thus provides a special challenge to gender and language researchers as well as an opportunity to observe interaction in the context of these constraints.

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