Deborah Cameron (linguist)
Deborah Cameron | |
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| Born | Deborah Jane Cameron 10 November 1958 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 20 January 2026 (aged 67) |
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| Main interests | Sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology |
| Notable works | The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages? |
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Deborah Jane Cameron (10 November 1958 – 20 January 2026) was a British linguist and feminist who held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford University.
Cameron was mainly interested in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. A large part of her academic research was focused on the relationship of language to gender and sexuality. She wrote the book The Myth of Mars And Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?, which was published in 2007.