The first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory.Notes on Contributors Current Research Methodologies in Gender and Language Study: Key Issues; J.Sunderland& L.Litosseliti PART 1: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND ETHNOGRAPHY Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Approaches to Language and Gender; J.Swann& J.Maybin Reconstructing the Sex Dichotomy in Language and Gender Research: Some Advantages of Using Correlational Sociolinguistics; A.K.Hultgren Negotiating Methodologies: Making Language and Gender Relevant in the Professional Workplace; L.Mullany Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Spontaneous Talk and Ethnographic-Style Interviews: Balancing Perspectives of Researcher and Researched; P.Pichler PART 2: CORPUS LINGUISTICS 'Eligible' Bachelors and 'Frustrated' Spinsters: Corpus Linguistics, Gender and Language; P.Baker Perpetuating Difference? Corpus Linguistics and the Gendering of Reported Dialogue; K.Harrington The English Vocabulary of Girls and Boys: Similarities or Differences? Evidence From a Quantitative Study; R.Jim?nez Catal?n& J.Ojeda AlbaPART 3: CONVERSATION ANALYSIS Conversation Analysis: Technical Matters for Gender Research; C.Kitzinger Categories, Actions and Sequences: Formulating Gender in Talk-In-Interaction; E.Stokoe PART 4: DISCURSIVE PSYCHOLOGY Discursive Psychology and the Study of Gender: A Contested Space; N.Edley& M.Wetherell Discursive 'Embodied' Identities of 'Half' Girls in Japan: A Multiperspective Approach; L.Kamada PART 5: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Controversial Issues in Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; R.Wodak CEOs and 'Working Gals': The Textual Representation and Cognitive Conceptualisation of Businesswomen in Different Discourse Communities; V.Koller Harnessing a CritlãX