Abstract
AbstractThis article empirically explores possible relationships between language practices and the acquisition of gender identity. I propose a framework for analyzing the language of social identification underlying the usage of identifying categorical terms and then use this framework to analyze segments of interaction recorded in two preschools. On the basis of this analysis, I propose a distinctively sociological theory of gender identity acquisition and suggest that the proposed analytical framework may provide the basis for a more general sociological psychology.
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Identity (music)Categorical variableIdentification (biology)SociologySocial identity theoryBasis (linear algebra)LinguisticsLanguage acquisitionEpistemologyPsychologySocial psychologyComputer scienceSocial groupSocial scienceMathematics educationMathematics
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- 1986
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- article
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- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 295-311
- Citations
- 67
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Spencer E. Cahill
(1986).
Language Practices and Self Definition: The Case of Gender Identity Acquisition.
Sociological Quarterly
, 27
(3)
, 295-311.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1986.tb00262.x
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- 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1986.tb00262.x