Language and Gender
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- Created on: 23-09-21 17:34
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- Gender
- Dynamic
- Hyde (2005)
- More similarities than differences between genders
- Age, Class, Ethnicity, Education, Occupation
- Cameron (2008)
- Difference can lead to job discrimination
- Highly patronising towards men - bullies
- Hyde (2005)
- Difference
- Tannen (1990)
- Status vs Support
- Advice vs Understanding
- Order vs Proposal
- Conflict vs compromise
- Coates (2005)
- Locke (2011)
- Duels - men try to show status
- Duets - Women try to cooperate
- Tannen (1990)
- Dominance
- Zimmerman and West (1975)
- Men are more likely to interrupt
- Spender (1980)
- Women are less assertive - inferior in society
- Men more confident - superior position
- Language reflects societal dominance
- Fishman (1980)
- Conversationshitwork - women put in more effort
- Fishman (1990s)
- Women ask more questions
- Attention-getting phrases
- Minimal responses
- Supportive noises
- Zimmerman and West (1975)
- Deficit
- Jespersen (1922)
- Projection of deficiency
- Women talk a lot
- Hyperboles
- Lakoff (1975)
- Language is deficient due to socialisation
- Women are less authoritative
- Hedging
- Tag questions
- Empty adjectives
- Euphemisms
- Indirect speech
- Super polite forms
- Jespersen (1922)
- Dynamic
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