Skip to main content

Author picture

Penelope Eckert

Author of Language and Gender

6+ Works 178 Members

About the Author

Penelope Eckert is Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning in Menlo Park, CA. She has also taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Works by Penelope Eckert

Language and Gender (2003) 96 copies

Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School (1989) 45 copies

Language Variation as Social Practice (2000) 16 copies

Style and Sociolinguistic Variation (2002) 14 copies

Meaning and Linguistic Variation: The Third Wave in Sociolinguistics (2018) 6 copies

New Ways of Analyzing Sound Change (Quantitative Analyses of Linguistic Structure, 5) (1991) 1 copy

Associated Works

What’s Language Got to Do with It? (2005) — Contributor — 57 copies, 2 reviews

The Language and Sexuality Reader (2006) — Contributor — 13 copies

Towards a Social Science of Language: Papers in honor of William Labov. Volume 1: Variation and change in language and society (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) (1996) — Contributor — 4 copies

Tagged

Main Associated

1 (2) 21st century (2) adolescence (3) books (2) Cambridge University Press (2) community of practice (1) DC (1) dialect (1) discourse (3) EB (2) ebook (2) ED 14 Reserves (4) education (4) ethnography (2) feminism (5) gender (10) gender and language (3) identity (1) language (6) Language (Various) (2) language change (1) language variation (1) linguistics (18) non-fiction (10) northern cities shift (1) Oberlin College authors (2) sociolinguistics (12) sociology (4) style (1) TGC Library (1)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1942
Gender: female
Occupations: professor (linguistics)
Organizations: Stanford Unviersity

Members

Reviews

No reviews found.

You May Also Like

Deborah Cameron

Malcolm Gladwell

Associated Authors

Sally McConnell-Ginet Author

Deborah Cameron

Statistics

Works: 6
Also by: 3
Members: 178
Popularity: #120,888
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 28

Charts & Graphs

See More Charts & Graphs

Pictures

Links

Helper Hub

LibraryThing members improve authors by combining author names and works, separating out homonymous authors into separate identities, and more.

Helpers

Is This You?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson