The language of love and guilt : mother-daughter relationships from a cross-cultural perspective

The language of love and guilt : mother-daughter relationships from a cross-cultural perspective / Ruth Wodak, Muriel Schulz.

Although mother and daughter are two central female roles, they have rarely been investigated. The relationship is specific, certainly different than the mother-son or father-daughter relationships. And this difference manifests itself in sex-specific language behavior. Despite 'eternal' f...

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Main Author: Wodak, Ruth
Other Authors: Schulz, Muriel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986.
Series:Benjamins paperbacks ; 3.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Cross-cultural studies.
Sociolinguistics > Cross-cultural studies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Mothers and daughters
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural studies
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Summary:Although mother and daughter are two central female roles, they have rarely been investigated. The relationship is specific, certainly different than the mother-son or father-daughter relationships. And this difference manifests itself in sex-specific language behavior. Despite 'eternal' features of the mother-daughter relationship, its quality is affected by individual psychological and by sociocultural variables. Thus, investigations took place in two big cities with very different structures and traditions: Vienna and Los Angeles. This is the first cross cultural study which reflects and co.
Item Description:5.3.1.2. Unreflective Texts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (267 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027274458
9027274452
1280879556
9781280879555
9786613720863
6613720860
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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