| Dominate a conversation by topic initiation, topic shifts, holding the floor, lack of turn-yielding clues, interrupting and generally speaking more. | More submissive in a conversation and likely to speak less. Unlikely to interrupt, initiate or change topics or attempt to hold the floor. |
| Use a more informal register through their use of accent, taboo, slang, dialect, sociolect and grammatical variations. Likely to use covert prestige to sustain a masculine identity. | More likely to use overt prestige to help create a feminine identity and succumb to stereotypes on how a ‘lady-like’ woman should talk (more formal lexis and less phonological variations). |
| More likely to be factual, competitive, direct and detached when speaking while maintaining a need for status. | More likely to be supportive, cooperative, polite, apologetic and emotional when speaking. |
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Language and gender
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Language and Gender
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