English Language Gender Theories

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Fishman
Women - questions, short responses to show interest, introduce more topics
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O'Barr and Atkins
Lack of power due to jobs not gender - 'Women's language' shows lack of power
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Zimmerman and West
Men interrupt more
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Tannen
Women speak a different language to men, rapport vs report, male is the norm
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Cameron
More similarities than differences between men and women's language
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Jones
House talk, Scandal, Bitching, Chatting
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Shibley-Hyde
Minimal differences between men and women's language
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Keith and Shuttleworth
Women talk too much, complain, are indecisive, are supportive, etc. Men swear, insult, dominate, command, interrupt
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Deficit approach - Lakoff
Women lack power
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Dominance approach - Goodwin
Men have more power in conversations
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Difference approach - Tannen
Men and women speak for different purposes
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Diversity approach - Cameron
More difference in two women's speech than a man and a woman's
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Coates
Men don't speak much, or speak too much about 'masculine' things, they boast and swear, and talk about men to other men
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Lack of power due to jobs not gender - 'Women's language' shows lack of power

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O'Barr and Atkins

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Men interrupt more

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Women speak a different language to men, rapport vs report, male is the norm

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More similarities than differences between men and women's language

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