theories Flashcards
dominance approach
women use language to reflect their subordinate position in society. Men use language in a way that reflects their power.
Difference approach
men and women use language in ways which reflect societalisation into different cultures.
discursive approach
concerened with a more contextualised interpretation
constructionist approach
question of how people use language to maintain focus on ideological differences between men and women
qualative reasearch apprach
in depth, small scale, exploratoty
quantative research approach
statistical, systematic, large scale
accomodation theory
speakers shift language towards addressee
relevance theory
hearers arrive at an understanding through presumption
cooperative principle
shared assumpation of linguistic cooperation
tickle
when ad plays on emotion + audience has ot go to lengths to contextualise it -i.e. meerkats and car insurance
reasoning
when an ad is transparent i.e dog and dog food