LING 2P72 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chiquita Brands International, Vocal Folds, Machismo
15 Jan 2016
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Talk quietly, ask innocently, said loyally, offer humbly, whisper, ask mildly, agree placidly. Gender-exclusive speech: some form of speech used only by men or only women. Gender-preferential speech: some form of speech used more frequently and quantitively by women over men or men over women. Hedging devices: linguistic devices used for hedging or reducing the force of an utterance. Boosting devices: features which may boost or intensify a propositions force intensifiers. Sexist language: way a culture or society conveys its values from one group to another and from one generation to the next. Gender-exclusive speech: certain vernacular forms and vocab used only by men or. 4 different explanations for why women use more standard forms: Yana and chiquita: men use longer words than women. Japanese women and men have different vocab referring to the same things. Men use more vernacular forms not admired overtly by society. Standard speech forms are generally associated with high social status.
