Females use more standard English than men. Females use more descriptive words whereas men will just state what is in front of them
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Zimmerman and West
In mixed conversations, men interrupt more
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O'Barr and Atkins
Language links more with social class than gender
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George Keith and John Shutterworth
Men speak is more dominate, swear more and more to the point. Women are more indecisive and hesitant with their words
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Robin Lakoff
Women's talk: Hedgers, Tag Questions, Intensifiers, super polite, weak expletives, empty adjectives
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Janet Holmes
Language discriminates against women. High usage of derogatory images to describe women. Animal imagery less positive compared to men. Women more likely to be described with food imagery. Saccharine terms
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Jane Pilkington
Women in same sex conversations are more collaborative than men. Women use more positive politeness. Men are less supportive and less complimentary
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Kuiper
In all male talk, men are less likely to pay attention to save face, using insults as to express solidarity
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Trudgill
Accommodation theory, Women were more likely to pronounce prestige sounds of words (overt). Men use lower prestige to seem more tough and down to earth
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Beattie
Three types of interruption
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Simple interruption
reply with "yes" or "right"
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Silent interruption
listener is unresponsive
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Butting in
interrupts over conversation
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Dale Spender
Men have dominance in the conversation as they made the language. Women are criticised to using counter language as they are seen as stupid
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Fishman
Women ask questions for the power it gives them
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
In mixed conversations, men interrupt more
Back
Zimmerman and West
Card 3
Front
Language links more with social class than gender
Back
Card 4
Front
Men speak is more dominate, swear more and more to the point. Women are more indecisive and hesitant with their words
Back
Card 5
Front
Women's talk: Hedgers, Tag Questions, Intensifiers, super polite, weak expletives, empty adjectives
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