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Language and Gender Theories
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Mind-map of Language and Gender theories for A-Level English Language
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language and gender
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Language and Gender Theories
Deficit Approach - Lakoff
women's language is weak and deficient, reflecting their lower social standing
more insecure and less assertive
specialised lexical field of domestics
precise descriptions
weaker expletives
empty adjectives
tag questions
Holmes challenged that tag questions are weak, instead seeing them as cooperative features to aid politeness
euphemisms, politer forms and avoidance of certain topics
hedges
intensifiers
Dominance Approach
men's language is used to assert their dominance
men interrupt more in mixed-sex talk
Difference Approach
men and women belong to different subcultures which have different uses for language
men more concerned with their status and independence whilst women like to form bonds
women's language is collaborative, supportive and cooperative with more politeness features, particularly in same-sex talk
men's language contains more insults and ignores face needs in same-sex talk
Spender
objects have been given genders
e.g. boats and cars are 'female' because they are objects of status traditionally under the control of men
we unconsciously view the world from a dominant-male perspective
Stanley
there are over 200 insults for women about their promiscuity alone whilst there are only 20 for men
Male promiscuity isn't as frowned upon, so they are freer from society's restraints
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