Flashcards
Gender Theorists
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1Trugil 1983Women's pronunciation is closer to RP than males.
- 2Cheshire 1982Men tend to use more non-grammatical terms than women.
- 3Lakoff 1975Women use:
-Hedges/fillers
-Tag questions
-Apologetic and indirect requests
-Fewer expletives, more intensifiers
-Language that makes them "inferior" - 4O'barr & Atkins 1980Disputed Lakoff.
Says that men and women of low social status used these linguistic features in conversation. - 5Zimmerman and West 1975Found 96% of interruptions were made by men in conversation.
- 6Tanner 1990 MenMen:
-Intterrupt more
-Give direct orders
-More intensifiers
-Encourage conflict - 7Tanner 1990 WomenWomen:
-More into bonding
-Talk less, and agree more
-More polite
-Indirect orders and requests - 8Beattie 1982Questioned Zimmerman and West.
Said that interruptions could be a sign of support and interest from the male participant.