Theorists for Language and Gender - Verbosity Flashcards
Who did a study in 1990?
Herring
What did Herring’s study look at?
Electronic Forums and how both men and women spoke on there (the amount that they did speak)
What did Herring’s study find?
Overall men spoke more than women
BUT on the 2 days that women spoke more, the men said they felt silenced and threatened to leave
(they felt their dominance was being taken away from them)
Who did a study in 1983?
Franken
What did Franken’s study look at?
Interview in the media, involving female host and 2 guest hosts (one male, one female)
People being interviewed were men
What did Franken’s study find?
Male interview spoke a lot more than both females, despite only being a guest host. On one occasion he spoke more than double the amount of the female guest host.
Who did a study in 1975?
Swacker
What did Swacker’s study look at?
How both men and women used language to describe the same picture
What did Swacker’s study find?
Men took an average of 13 minutes to describe
Women took an average of 3 minutes 17 to describe
What do all of these studies suggest?
Shows that men on average speak more than women and could support the Dominance Model.
Goes against the “folk myth” that women speak more than men
