Gender Theorists 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and genderASAQA Created by: NiamhSimpsonCreated on: 14-04-14 17:47 Lakoff 1975 Women use hedges, fillers, tag questions, apologetic requests, speak less, use fewer expletives, and more intensifiers 1 of 16 Zimmerman and West 1975 Found 96% of interruptions were made by men, suggesting male dominance in conversations 2 of 16 O'Barr and Atkins 1980 Disputed Lakoff and said that it was males and females of low social status who used these linguistic features 3 of 16 Beattie 1982 Questioned Zimmerman and West's theory that men's interruptions were a sign of dominance, he said it could be to show support and understanding 4 of 16 Chesire 1982 Boys tend to use more non-grammatical forms like 'ain't' than girls 5 of 16 Trugill 1983 Women's pronunciation is closer to RP than males 6 of 16 Tanner 1990 Men are more concerned with status and don't mind conflict whilst women are more interested for bonds and avoiding conflict 7 of 16 Cameron 2007 Argued all theories were biased because they concentrated on the differences in men and women's speech rather than the similarities 8 of 16 Jennifer Coates Women's 'talk' falls into four categories, bitching, chatting, house talk and scandal 9 of 16 Randall Girls have lengthier contact with teachers in 1:1 classroom interaction than boys 10 of 16 Spender Boys are more frequently involved in teacher initiated interaction than girls 11 of 16 Fishman In mixed-sex conversations, men speak for approximately twice as long as women 12 of 16 Difference Approach Men and women are from different sub-cultures 13 of 16 Jane Pilkington Women in same-sex talk are more collaborative than men in all male talk 14 of 16 Koenraad Kuiper Studied all-male talk amongst a rugby team, he found men used insults as a way of expressing solidarity 15 of 16 Norman Fairclough Synthetic Personalisation Theorist 16 of 16
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