Grammar seems to be something which is hovering like a threatening cloud below the classroom ceiling. If the teacher accidentally let slip out that today’s lesson will consist of grammar instructions, a murmur would be heard in the classroom which would be likely to express boredom or lack of...

As a field of research, language and gender studies in linguitics are interdisciplinary and relatively new. Academic papers by linguistics, historians and anthropologist had dealt with some aspects and written records of various kinds provide evidence that for centuries and in many countries people...