Gender and Sport: An Analysis of Gender Specific Language in Basketball Commentaries

Summary. The aim of present paper is to compare the language used in men and women basketball commentaries, and to discuss the main influential factors for these differences to occur. Firstly, two basketball matches (women and men gold final games in London Olympics 2012) are chosen for the analysi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krušinskaitė, Aistė
Other Authors: Vaičenonienė, Jurgita
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT) 2014
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Online Access:http://vddb.library.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140602_083527-68027/DS.005.1.01.ETD