Language and Gender Theorists
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- Language and Gender A02
- Deficit Model
- Robin Lakoff
- Women speak a lesser version of the English language than men. Men's language is more desirable. Women are socialised into behaving like lady's linguistically and in other ways thisd
- Otto Jesperson
- Women aren't as clever as men
- they don't think before they speak hence using false starts etc.
- Women talk to much.
- Female traits are in attention to the surroundings eg the decorative
- Whereas mens is more remote constructive and general
- Women aren't as clever as men
- Robin Lakoff
- Dominance Model
- Zimmerman and West
- men interrupt more
- in 11 conversations men made 46 interruptions whereas women made 2
- since men interrupt more they are more dominant in a conversation
- in 11 conversations men made 46 interruptions whereas women made 2
- men interrupt more
- Mens stronger language dominates in a coversation
- Zimmerman and West
- Difference Model
- Deborah Tannen
- Believes difference starts at childhood.
- Parents talk differently to children of different genders.
- Use more words about feelings with girls.
- use more verbs with boys
- Parents talk differently to children of different genders.
- her book 'you just don't understand' claims that women and men speak differently in 6 ways.
- Status vs Support
- independence vs intimacy
- advice vs understanding
- information vs feelings
- orders vs proposals
- conflict vs compramise
- Believes difference starts at childhood.
- The idea that men and women converse differently
- Deborah Tannen
- Believes difference starts at childhood.
- Parents talk differently to children of different genders.
- Use more words about feelings with girls.
- use more verbs with boys
- Parents talk differently to children of different genders.
- her book 'you just don't understand' claims that women and men speak differently in 6 ways.
- Status vs Support
- independence vs intimacy
- advice vs understanding
- information vs feelings
- orders vs proposals
- conflict vs compramise
- Believes difference starts at childhood.
- Deborah Tannen
- Deborah Tannen
- Gossip Theory, womens Conversations
- Deborah Jones
- House talk connected with female roles and occupation
- Chatting most intimate form of gossip, self disclosure
- Jennifer Somerville
- Scandal considored judging behaviour of others
- Bitching overt expression at their restricted role to other women only
- Pamela Fishman
- Women start and keep conversation going
- Deborah Jones
- Powerless Language
- O'Barr and Atkins
- studied 3 men and 3 women in a courtroom
- weak language 'womens language' is due to power not gender
- O'Barr and Atkins
- Sara Mills 1995
- It has been claimed that some terms in English that are reserved to use when talking about women have claimed negative connotations
- When used to the corresponding term for men
- Semantic deregation only perpetuates negative attitudes towards women in our society
- Derogatory terms
- Saphir Wharf Hypothesis
- The language we used influences the way we think and the way we think influnces the language we use
- Order of Precedence
- Wilson 1560
- The worthier is preffered and set before as a man is set before a woman
- the tendancy to place male terms before female terms
- Wilson 1560
- Jennifer Coates 2005
- Men Talk
- Impersonal topics
- swearing
- playing the expert
- Hold the floor
- Verbal Sparring
- talk one at a time
- Men Talk
- Women in Literature
- D.Jill Savitt
- sexist texts are more available than non sexist texts
- certain positive female traits are more common in books aimed at boys
- Love oject at some grand passion, seen as adulterous and seductress
- few women charcters are given strength to resist
- 2006
- D.Jill Savitt
- Deficit Model
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