Language And Gender

Question 1

Deborah tannen male and female differences

Answer 1

Male vs female
Status vs support
Independence vs intimacy
Advice vs understanding
Information vs feelings
Orders vs proposal
Conflict vs compromise
Men use language to be combative whereas women use language to be supportive

Question 2

Fisherman the work women do

Answer 2

Conversation between the sexes sometimes fails not because of any thing inherent in the way women talk but because of how men respond or dont respond
Men speak on average twice as long as women

Question 3

Lakoff

Answer 3

Women use hedging
Polite forms
Tag questions
Empty adjectives

Question 4

Zimmerman and west

Answer 4

In mixed sex convos men are more likely yo interrupt more than women

Question 5

Jones gossip

Answer 5

House talk
Scandal
Bitching
Chatting

Question 6

Janet’s Holmes

Answer 6

Men use language as a tool to give and obtain information
Women use language as a means of keeping in touch