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  • English Language Investigation
    • Grammar
      • Pronouns
        • 1 Gender specific reference A-G
        • C - "Looks like he needs a new set of tires"
          • Simon and Schuster (1969) - Ships linked to goddesses
      • Singular Pronouns
        • Sense of Independence
          • Seen less in older adverts
          • Gran Turismo advert "I"
          • Tannen - Independence vs Intimacy
          • Text C - They
          • Cameron - Men use competitive language
      • Sentence Functions
        • Lakoff - Women use more proposals "can"
          • E uses more proposals "can design" "can win"
        • Text G - Direct interrogatives
        • No exclamations - Texts A and B - more descriptive
          • More in modern, 4 in Text H and 2 in Text I
    • Verbs
      • Stunt - A - Conversion, Risky, Weakened
      • Runs - F - Men have positions of power
      • Need - G - Men are relied upon, fairy tale stories
    • Noun Phrases
      • Torsion car suspensions - A - Descriptive instead of feelings, semantic field of machinery
      • Real mustang convertible - E - Men want more down to earth settings instead of fairy stories "Realistic damages" - I
      • Child's imagination - F- Gender neutral, hits back at gender stereotype
    • Sense of Competition
      • Go with the winner B - Imperative, go, racing, what cars are known for.
      • Fastest - A - Superlative, shows that their products are one of the best around and you should strive to have the best
      • Janet Holmes - Women use more co-operative conversation than men.
      • Deborah Tannen - Status vs Support
  • Sentence Functions
    • Lakoff - Women use more proposals "can"
      • E uses more proposals "can design" "can win"
    • Text G - Direct interrogatives
    • No exclamations - Texts A and B - more descriptive
      • More in modern, 4 in Text H and 2 in Text I

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