Flashcards
Gender
Flashcards do conjunto (7)
- 1Lakoff......10 features of women's language
hedging 'sort of'
tag questioning 'it is isn't it'
speaks in italics (adds emphasis)
empty adjectives 'lovely'
(O'Barr & Atkins disprove her) - 2Deborah Cameron......verbal hygiene theory
men & women have normative expectation of each other but each culture has different norms
women are expected to speak more prestigiously (SE) - 3Deborah Tannen......difference theory
men & women use language for different purpose (shows how men & women can easily miscommunicate)
status vs support, independence vs intimacy, advice vs understanding, information vs feelings, orders vs proposals, conflict vs compromise
report talk (men use this more giving info) rapport talk (women use this more transactional language about feelings) - 4Jennifer Coates......says girls base their play around talk but boys play sports etc that involves no talk
(links to AGE & HOBBIES) - 5Jennifer Cheshire......studied 11 linguistic features e.g. non-standard 's' in an adventure playground in Reading
found boys used non-standard forms more than girls (covert prestige)
then split girls group into who liked guns etc & who didn't & found similar findings
(links to AGE) - 6O'Barr & Atkins......looked at courtroom cases
observed people for Lakoffs 10 features
found men used her 10 features when they were in lower positions in terms of status & women who had high status used few of the features
proves Lakoff wrong & suggests that it is down to power not gender - 7Maltz & Borker......girls learn to do 3 things with words: create and maintain relationships of closeness & equality, criticise others in acceptable ways, interpret accurately the speech of other girls
boys use speech in 3 major ways: to assert position of dominance, attract & maintain audience, assert themselves when other speakers have the floor
supports Tannen (difference between masculine & feminine speech)
highlights danger of miscommunication between men & women
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- A-Level Language Variation FlashCards sobre Gender, criado por JessoPippa em 26-05-2014.
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