ANTH 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Monotone (Software), Derogation
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Sociolinguistic pattern of swearing: age, gender, class. Sex: distinction between gender and biology, generally speaking, sex traits refer to the biological elements of maleness and femaleness, for example body parts and voice pitch, generally speaking, gender refers to the culturally determined ways in which we. Examples include: dress, sexual preference, language, occupation and role in the family. Biology vs. culture: language = largely a learned behavior, begin learning language and culture as soon as we are born. Or even before we are born: same linguistic behavior mean different things cross-culturally, lisping: But also example of how it"s not linked to biology. How is language linked to gender: lexical/grammatical forms, cultural associations with lexical/grammatical forms. What do these forms mean: cultural associations between language varieties and gendered identities. Language and a woman"s place: developed a model for gender, social power model: Focus on why men and women in the us speak differently.
