Sex segregation (the separation of boys and girls into same-sex groups in their friendships
and casual encounters;[Thorne, B., & Luria, Z.(1986). Sexuality and gender in children's …

Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic
introductory work, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety …

Code-switching—the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a
bilingual speaker—is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that …

The purpose of this article is to determine the role of the sex variable in foreign language
learning success by reviewing and connecting data gathered from several tests and studies …

This article has three main aims. First, I review what is known about encoding social-
indexical information in phonetics/phonology, suggesting that it is more complex and more …

Understanding the nature of language and communication disorders in High-Functioning
Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) populations may provide insight into why females are …

The issue of dialect and education and, in particular, the issue of which code to use as the
medium of instruction has generated much heated debate in bidialectal societies. This …

The presentation of autism in females is poorly understood, which is thought to contribute to
missed or later-age diagnosis, especially for those without intellectual disability. Dedicated …

This paper is concerned with children's pragmatic competence. It presents the results of an
empirical study of Danish children's language in play, focusing on their use of politeness …

Unlike class or ethnicity, gender-based differences are assumed to result from social
difference, not distance, yet across multiple societies, researchers find that gender …