Language and Gender- things I didn't know before
- Created by: Charlotte
- Created on: 14-05-13 10:04
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- Language and Gender
- Referencing and names given to women
- compared to food EG Honey, Tart
- Men have more power than women. Male titles reflect more power than female title. MATSER/ MISTRESS
- compared to unpleasant animals EG *****, Cow
- Men have more power than women. Male titles reflect more power than female title. MATSER/ MISTRESS
- Women don't have their own name
- take fathers name when born
- BUT NOW: Women can choose to keep their own surname
- take husbands name when married
- take fathers name when born
- Semantic derogation
- Woman or lady is added to 'gender-neutral word'
- compared to food EG Honey, Tart
- Peter Trudgill
- Men
- Male social group- 'walkin'- non-standard form
- Reason
- Women are status conscious making theme aware of social significance in speech
- Male working class speech has connotation of roughness which is seen to be desirable
- Women
- Desire for correctness can lead to hypercorrectness EG Women are articulate- pronounce 'H'
- Reason
- Women are status conscious making theme aware of social significance in speech
- Male working class speech has connotation of roughness which is seen to be desirable
- Men
- Referencing and names given to women
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