Language and Gender
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- Language and Gender
- Brown and Levison
- Politeness Theory
- People act in a way which ensures they are liked and are not imposed upon- concept of face was developed
- Positive face- a desire to be appreciate and liked
- Negative face- a desire not to be imposed upon
- People will alter their interactions depending upon their positive and negative face needs
- Politeness Theory
- Deborah Tannen
- Difference Theory
- Due to socialisation subcultures are formed between men and women- parents tend to use words about feelings with girls and verbs with boys
- She established 6 ways we use language differently
- Status VS Support: men assert dominance whereas women see language as a way of confirming ideas
- Information VS Feelings: men are concerned with facts whereas women are with emotions
- Orders VS Proposals: men use imperatives whereas women use hidden directiveness
- Difference Theory
- Lackoff
- Identified that males speech is more prestigious compared to womens as women are socialised into acting like 'ladies' so language is weaker
- Mens speech: interrupt more, swear more, simplified vocab in some fields, more direct styles e.g use directiveness and explicit demands
- Identified that males speech is more prestigious compared to womens as women are socialised into acting like 'ladies' so language is weaker
- Brown and Levison
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