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This issue explores some of the ways gender, as a social construction, may be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood. The interconnections of language and gender are examined, exploring how children learn to use language to reflect, resist or ignore cultural norms.

This issue explores some of the ways in which gender, as a social construction, might be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood. The interconnections between language and gender in three key developmental sociolinguistic contexts are examined: talk between parent and child, talk among friends, and talk between siblings.