Gender in conversation
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- Gender in conversation
- What women talk about
- Lakoff
- Women are relegated to decisions about trivial things so their vocabulary includes trivial words.
- Coates
- Men like to take turns at being expert, women are more personal.
- Tannen
- Men assume their role as information giver as this reinforces strength and status.
- Lakoff
- Tag questions
- Fishman
- Women use 3x more tags than men as a conversation tool to keep the conversation flowing.
- Coates
- Men use questions to seek information off each other.
- Lakoff
- Tag adds uncertainty to the statement so the speaker does not impose her point of view.
- Fishman
- Hedges
- Fishman
- Women use 'you know' 5x more than men.
- Not used due to uncertainty but for conversational work.
- Lakoff
- Used due to uncertainty.
- Coates
- Men use less hedging than women.
- Imperatives
- Tannen
- Men use more
- Women use cloaked imperatives, such as 'Let's'
- Tannen
- Fishman
- Silences and minimal pauses
- Tannen
- Women see listening as essential to group bonding and assume a turn will be granted to speak.
- Coates
- Women take well-placed minimal pauses and men take them too late.
- Minimal pauses indicate a lack of interest which led women to silence.
- Tannen
- What women talk about
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