inquiry about flirtatious language

[Patricia Sotirin]

An interesting commentary on a Wall Street Journal article that
seemed to advocate flirting as a contemporary strategy for ambitious
women in corporate workplaces is P. Buzzanell, Gendered Practices in
the Contemporary Workplace: A Critique of What Often Constitutes
Front Page News in the Wall Street Journal in Management
Communication Quarterly, 14, 3, February 2001, 517-537.

Patty Sotirin
Michigan Technological University

>Hi Mary
>we are looking at flirtatious language in our workplace data but
>haven't found anything very explicit in the literature on this issue
>so far..will pass on anything we find
>
>Debbie Cameron and Don Kulick's book on language and sexuality has
>some potentially relevant ideas ...
>
>Janet
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Bucholtz [mailto:bucholtz at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 6:39 a.m.
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>Subject: inquiry about flirtatious language
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>
>Does anyone have suggestions for this student? Please email me directly and
>I'll pass on the information to her.
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Mary
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>
>I am a student from Germany who studies Anglistics. Within a linguistic
>course I want to go deeper into the field of language and flirtation. Is
>there any material about how males tease (in a friendly way) women in order
>to flirt with them (they enjoy the teasing and complain but insinuating that
>they should go on). I want to analyse an (informal) mixed-gender
>conversation. A theoretical background would be a great support for me.
>Thank you very much for your efforts!!!
>
>kind regards
>
>Sönke Bussenius
>
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