The study of gender and language might seem at first to be a narrowly focused field, but it is actually as interdisciplinary as they come.

There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

I am the youngest of three girls. My first linguistics book was a study of 'New York Jewish conversational style'. That was my dissertation.

An assumption underlying almost all comments on interruptions is that they are aggressive, but the line between what's perceived as assertiveness or aggressiveness almost certainly shifts with an interrupter's gender.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.