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Gender theories
Robin Lakoff (F)
1975
Language and women's place:
Women's language is weaker compared to the male norm. Stops women from being taken seriously
Women speak less then men, use less sweating more fillers and more intensifiers
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Janet Holmes
1992
An introduction to sociolinguistics:
Tested some of Lakoff's finding in relation to tag questions and hedges
Tag questions were multi-functional, used by males and females. She also suggested hedges and fillers are used for many reasons not just indecision
Julia Stanley
1973 + 1977
Found a marked difference in the number of sexually promiscuous female words (200) compared to those used to describe male (10) and that most of the female words had negative connotations.
She also suggested in 1977 that women occupy negative semantic space because of the number of marked forms that exist to describe female equivalent of male roles
Peter Trudgill
1974
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Women's accents are closer to RP, seen as more prestigious
Jenifer Coates
1989
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Female conversations tend to be cooperative as women tend to negotiate discussions and support each other this isn't found in mixed gender conversations
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