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Language and Gender - Coggle Diagram
Language and Gender
Key terms
Indexing = using language to point to an identity
Heteronormativity = heterosexuality is the norm
Heteroglossic varieties = varieties of language (male and female)
Socialisation
Character specific language
Palari - the language that gay men used
Cis-gender = the gender assigned at birth
Agender = don't align with either gender
Polysemy
Drag Slang
Mug = the face
Tea = Gossip
Meaty tuck = what Buffalo Bill did in the silence of the lambs
Shade = Judgement
Hog Body = beer belly
Painted = good makeup
Purse first
Theories
Lakoff = Men stereotypically use more taboo language than women do
Tannen = Status vs Suppot
Men compete with each other in order to heighten their status, whereas women use language to support themselves and each other
Judith Butler
Performativity = how language allows us to perform gender identity
Concepts
Overt and Covert prestige
Overt = Women
Covert = Men
Context
Some language may be rehearsed
Barrett
Linguistic Features