Language and Gender mind map
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- Language and gender
- Deborah Tannen (1990)
- Used the term "genderlect" to describe the way that the conversations of men don't demonstrate superiority or inferiority it simply means they are different
- Women - seek connections
- Use: emphasised intensifiers ("so"), carefully and attentively listen without interrupting and use rapport talk
- Men - seek status
- Use: report talk, interrupt but avoid asking questions, thrive in public speaking with large audiences and use aggressive and less emotive speech
- Deborah Cameron (2007)
- Women are more verbally skilled and talk about interpersonal things such as emotions and relationships
- Men talk about getting things done, and so there language is more competitive, more direct and less polite
- Women have the ability to adapt their language based on situational factors and what language they believe to be appropriate in a specific situation
- Women care more about their language as it is a part of their identity (societal role)
- Pamela Fishman
- Mixed sex conversations sometimes fail and this isn't because of the women
- Women used 3x more tag questions than men
- Males don't know how to respond adequately. They speak twice as much than women in mixed-sex conversation
- Mixed sex conversations sometimes fail and this isn't because of the women
- Zimmerrman and West
- Recorded 31 mixed sex conversations. Men interrupt women, but women don't interrupt as they don't want to violate a persons right to speak
- Men assert topic control. Women also spoke less than men
- This results in a breakdown of conversations This results in delayed or minimal responses
- Jenny Chesire
- Women use standard English more frequently than men
- She studied the speech of young children, considering the frequency of them using: Multiple negations, use of "ain't" and non standard use of words (e.g never and what)
- Women use standard English more frequently than men
- Jennifer Coates (1990)
- 4 categories of women's talk: House talk, bitching, chatting and scandal
- All female talk is supportive and cooperative as women respects others rights as speakers
- She found that women use phrases such as "perhaps", "sort of" and "probably" to avoid sounding threatening
- 4 categories of women's talk: House talk, bitching, chatting and scandal
- Deborah Tannen (1990)
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