English Language Investigation
- Created by: KieranFord
- Created on: 24-04-17 09:43
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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
- Sense of Independence
- 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
- Lakoff - Women use more proposals "can"
- Pronouns
- 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
- Grammar
- 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
- Lakoff - Women use more proposals "can"
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