Dominance Theorists Flashcards

Pamela Fishman

Conversation between sexes sometimes fails, not because of anything inherent in the way women talk but because of how men respond. Men speak longer.

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Thorne and Henley

Men control topics, interrupt more and talk more.

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Robin Lakoff

Women's speech behaviour is deficit compared to men's. Women are more uncertain.

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Zimmerman and West

Men Interrupt more then women in order to gain dominance in conversation. This is because it includes the 'violation of speakers'

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Jennifer Coates

Women use more backchanneling. Men are more likely to reject a topic of conversation and women are less likely to make a conversation succeed.

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Grief

Parents interrupt their daughters more then sons, and fathers interrupt mothers more.

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Geoffrey Beattie

Women and men interrupt with more or less equal frequency. The difference between the two is not significant.

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Men control topics, interrupt more and talk more.

Thorne and Henley

Women's speech behaviour is deficit compared to men's. Women are more uncertain.

Men Interrupt more then women in order to gain dominance in conversation. This is because it includes the 'violation of speakers'

Women use more backchanneling. Men are more likely to reject a topic of conversation and women are less likely to make a conversation succeed.

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