Theorists

Question 1

Politeness principle consists of what?

And who’s theory was it?

Answer 1

Robin Lakoff

Don’t impose “I’m sorry to bother you”
Give options “it’s up to you”
Make your receiver feel good “what would I do without you!”

Question 2

What is an opened and closed network?

What was the theory, and who’s theory was it?

Answer 2

Milroy Belfast study

Closed = a person whose personal contacts all know each other. Men. They use vernacular forms.

Open = contacts tend not to know each other. Women. They use less vernacular forms.

Question 3

What did Lakoff say about women?

Answer 3

Use more:
Hedges, politeness, tag questions, empty adjectives, special lexicons (teal, turquoise), apologise more, intensifiers, lack of sense of humour.

Question 4

What did Zimmerman and West suggest?

Answer 4

Men are more likely to interrupt than women

Question 5

What did Beattie say?

Answer 5

Women and men interrupted with more or less equal frequency

Men interrupted more but only slightly

Question 6

What differences in men and women did Deborah Tannen suggest?

Answer 6

Male vs female

Status vs support
Independence vs intimacy
Advice vs understanding
Conflict vs compromise

Question 7

What did Jennifer Coates suggest about the ways women talk?

Answer 7

Their speech falls under one of these categories:

House talk (exchanging information)
Scandal (judging others)
Bitching (complaining to other women)
Chatting (gossiping)