Women use tag questions to show uncertainty. They are more uncertain and indirect. They give options to avoid forcing someone into a corner
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Lakoff(2)
Women use empty adjectives to show their feelings or show they have an opinion but not to assert a new opinion (shows they are listening but doesn't interrupt the flow of the conversation)
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Lakoff(3)
Women speak in a more formal and polite way whereas men often use slang and colloquialisms more
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Cheshire
Women conform more to standard English and wish to fulfill society's rules (overt prestige) where men like to deviate (covert prestige)
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Fishman
Women keep conversations and do all the hard work- they ask questions a lot. However, men don't know how to respond sometimes and therefore end the conversation.
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Zimmerman and West
Men interrupt more than women, particularly in mixed sex conversations. They also overlap more as part of asserting status and dominance
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O'Barr and Atkins
Some women speak with male language traits in a position of authority.
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Goffman
Face theory-maintaining status- so often more friendly to someone you know or appear more knowledgeable to someone younger than you
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Cameron
The idea that men and women use different language is a myth
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Tannen
Males use talking to assert status and be competitive (often taboo language/humor/expletives), also to 'save face' and use I more whereas women use 'we' to be part of a group.
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Tannen(2)
Women use conversations to built relationships and bond/connect
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Tannen(3)
Men talk to convey information (declaratives) and not to look for a response whereas women look for sympathy and assurance.
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Card 2
Front
Women use empty adjectives to show their feelings or show they have an opinion but not to assert a new opinion (shows they are listening but doesn't interrupt the flow of the conversation)
Back
Lakoff(2)
Card 3
Front
Women speak in a more formal and polite way whereas men often use slang and colloquialisms more
Back
Card 4
Front
Women conform more to standard English and wish to fulfill society's rules (overt prestige) where men like to deviate (covert prestige)
Back
Card 5
Front
Women keep conversations and do all the hard work- they ask questions a lot. However, men don't know how to respond sometimes and therefore end the conversation.
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