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Lakoff
Deficit model- womens linguistic weakness comes from patriarcy
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Characteristics of womens language
Hedging, super polite forms, tag questions, empty adjectives, indirect commands
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Holmes
Tag questions can be Modal or Affective
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Tannen
The difference model
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Differences in men and womens language
Status vs Support, Report vs Rappor, Oppositional vs Supportive
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Zimmerman and West
Men are more likely to interupt in a conversation than women- Men 46x Women 2x
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Criticisms of Zimmerman and West
Conducted the study with only white, middle class, middle aged men
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Cameron
The theory that men and women use language differently is a myth
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Cheshire
Grammatical variations of the young- children use non standard forms of language (double negatives) Boys do so more than girls
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Pilkington
Women in same sex conversations are more colaborative than men- women aim for positive politness and men less so
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Fishman
Women do the 'shitwork' in a conversation
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Coates
Women avoid face threatening acts when talking to other females as a sign of co-opertaion
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Shibley-Hyde
Women and men are identical in language- our only differences are masturbation and physical strength
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Marking
Marking a term using gendered language- Man up
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Political correctness
A term to descibe language that doesn't offend or disadvantgae any particular group in society
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Political correctness stages
Subtle, offensive, blatant
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Hedging, super polite forms, tag questions, empty adjectives, indirect commands

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Characteristics of womens language

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Tag questions can be Modal or Affective

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The difference model

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Status vs Support, Report vs Rappor, Oppositional vs Supportive

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