Language and Gender Theory + Theorists
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- Created on: 12-05-22 19:25
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- Language and Gender
- Theorists
- Pamela Fishman (dominance model)
- Women ask three times as many questions as men, and work hard to keep conversation going, whereas men speak twice as long as women
- Deborah Tannen (difference model)
- Men seek to achieve the upper hand - stop people dominating them; whereas women form bonds, trying to avoid conflict
- Robin Lakoff (deficit model)
- Women tend to: swear less; use more empty adjectives; use more tag questions; speak less; use hyper correct grammar
- Pamela Fishman (dominance model)
- Theories
- Models
- Difference Model - The language of men and women is different. Neither is superior, just speech adopted by a female contrasts a mans
- Deborah Tannen
- Dominance Model - The language of men is more dominant in society - men hold more power than women
- Pamela Fishman
- Deficit Model - Women's language is lacking. They can't do some things men can
- Robin Lakoff
- Diversity Model - Sex and gender are different things. One's biological sex has no influence on language, instead it's society and socialisation
- Judith Butler
- Difference Model - The language of men and women is different. Neither is superior, just speech adopted by a female contrasts a mans
- Men
- Use imperatives as directives
- Use stronger swear words
- Higher proportion of slang and colloquial lexis
- Use more hypotaxis (embedded structures) in sentences
- Women
- Use more intensifiers
- Minimal responses
- Declaratives
- Use more back channel behaviour
- Use more parataxis (linked structures)
- Rising innotation
- More politeness markers
- Initiate exchanges more than men
- More evaluative lexis
- Stereotypes in spoken language
- Men are 'strong and slient'
- Women screech whereas men have reassuring tones, conveying confidence and authority
- Women gossip whereas men do not
- Men talk about important topics (government/business)
- Women talk about domestic occurences, and personal trivia
- Models
- Key Terms
- Models - Categories that gender theories come under
- Gender stereotypes - Ascribing specific attributes to someone depending on if they're a man or woman
- Theorists
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