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gender paradox in language change: a standalone construct

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Sociolinguistics

pattern that women conform more to overt norms than men yet lead many changes from below in the speech community.

In sociolinguistics, gender paradox in language change refers to pattern that women conform more to overt norms than men yet lead many changes from below in the speech community. This meaning comes from Labov (1990) in Language Variation and Change.[1]

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Labov, W. (1990). The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change. Language Variation and Change, 2(2), 205-254. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954394500000338

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