Women's language consists of: Hedges, empty adjectives, use polite forms, use tag questions, prefer creativity to sports, lack sense of humour and speak less frequently
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Keith and Shuttleworth (1999) - Men
Swear more, interrupt more, colloquial, dont talk about emotions, dominate conversation
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Keith and Shuttleworth (1999) - Women
Co operative, more polite, nag, indecisive/ hesistant
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O'Barr and Atkins
Disagree with Lakoff - men and women of low social status use inferior language
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Fishman ( 1990) - study
In mixed sex conversations the average amount of time for which a man will speak has been found to be approxiamtely twice as great as the avergae time for which a woman will speak
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Report talk
Concrete / material verbs
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Rapport talk
Emotion / feelings
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Tannen (1992)
Status vs support/ Independance vs intimacy / Advice vs understanding / information vs feelings / orders vs proposals / conflict vs compromise
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Coates ( 1989) - women's speech
4 catergories: Scandal / House talk / Bitching / Chatting
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Dominance theory - Zimmerman & West
96% - Mixed conversations men are more likely to interrupt than women
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Difference theory
Male & female attitudes & values (boy games - competition / girl games - co operative and supportive)
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Queer theory
Language is a choice and language & society are both fluid and constantly changing
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Card 2
Front
Swear more, interrupt more, colloquial, dont talk about emotions, dominate conversation
Back
Keith and Shuttleworth (1999) - Men
Card 3
Front
Co operative, more polite, nag, indecisive/ hesistant
Back
Card 4
Front
Disagree with Lakoff - men and women of low social status use inferior language
Back
Card 5
Front
In mixed sex conversations the average amount of time for which a man will speak has been found to be approxiamtely twice as great as the avergae time for which a woman will speak
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