Language + Gender

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  • Language + Gender
    • Robin Lakoff, Deficit Theory
      • Women:
        • Apologise more
        • Use euphemisms 
        • show they are listening by using minimal responses
        • Use super-polite forms
        • Use tag questions
        • Use empty adjectives; more for emotional evaluation
        • Use more intensifiers
        • Use more adjectives to describe approximate amounts
    • Deborah Tannen, Difference Modal
      • Cooperative Overlap: Interrupting to show support
        • Competitive Overlap: Interrupting to gain control
    • Gendered-marked words
      • Overt marking
    • Titles
    • Representation
    • Miller and Swift
      • Emphasis on physical characteristics and age when referring to women
      • Language used to describe women’s actions implied that women behave irrationally and emotionally
    • Genderlect

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