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- 1Vocab Language and GenderGender: the behavioural, cultural or psychological traits associated with one sex.
Androcentric: having an inbuilt bias towards men.
Marking: identifies item as different from norm ('Family Man')- modifies the noun suggesting unusual/untraditional because it needs defining. - 2Deborah Tannen's Difference Model, 1990 Student of Lakoff'The desire to affirm that women are equal has made some scholars reluctant to show that they are different. There are gender differences in ways of speaking, and we need to identify and understand them.'
- 36 contrast of male/female language: status v support: men show power/dominance, women support/agree. Independence v intimacy: men don't rely on others, women connect/maintain closeness. Advice v Understanding: men offer solutions, women show empathy and understanding. Information v
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