Language and Gender: Summary of key linguists
Linguist
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Their research/view...
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Deborah Fishman
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Women do the ‘conversational shitwork’. Even though she found that males speak for double the time females do in mixed-sex conversations
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Robin Lakoff
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10 features of women’s language
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Deborah Cameron
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The myth between Mars and Venus - no difference between the sexes
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Janet Holmes
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Empirical research that there are more derogatory words and images towards females then males,
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Julia Stanley
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More words to describe men than women. She also found there were 26 words to describe male promiscuity (many of which were favorable e.g. ‘stud’) and 220 words to describe female promiscuity
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Zimmerman and west
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Men interrupted 96% of the time and female 4%. They also found that fathers interrupted daughters more than sons
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Jennifer Coates
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Women are cooperative and negotiating towards other women but are competitive in mixed sex conversations
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Jane Pilkington
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Women use more positive politeness features and men are more rude.
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Koenraad Kuiper
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Examined a rugby team and saw that even with united interests men were not interested in saving face
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Deborah Tannen
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Cross-cultural communication’ men and women are so different.
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http://kdkchadha.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/language-and-gender-summary-of-key.html
