Language and Gender Theories
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- Language and Gender Theories
- Robin Lakoff
- 1975
- Basic assumption about what marks out the language of women
- Hedge
- Polite rituals and modality
- Tag questions
- Empty Adjectives
- Use 'wh...' imperitives
- Speak less frequently, men hold the floor
- Overuse qualifiers
- Apologise more
- Basic assumption about what marks out the language of women
- Deficit Model
- Men's language is the normal, women's is deficient to it
- Women's therefore weak, uncertain
- Men's language is the normal, women's is deficient to it
- Tag Questions
- Used more by females than males, shows an unassertive mood
- Taboo
- Men use stronger expletives
- Lexis
- Women use more empty adjectives than men
- 1975
- Zimmerman & West
- Turn Taking and Interruptions
- Examined two people of the same sex and two people of different sexes
- Irregularities identified
- Overlaps
- Women said to cooperatively more than men
- Next speaker: anticipates the end of the current speakers turn
- Interruptions
- Next speaker starts while current is still speaking
- Overlaps
- Irregularities identified
- Examined two people of the same sex and two people of different sexes
- Silences
- Average silence in single sex= 1.35 secs
- Mixed sex: 3.2 secs
- Dominance
- Dale Spencer
- Language structures allow men to dominate over women
- Turn Taking and Interruptions
- Keenan
- Madagascar
- Tannen
- Report and Rapport Talk
- Report Talk = Men
- Information
- Speak in public, avoid failure, speak one at a time
- Information
- Rapport Talk=Women
- Relationships
- Women: talk too much, build relations, overlap etc
- Relationships
- Report Talk = Men
- Report and Rapport Talk
- Dale Spencer
- Robin Lakoff
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