ANT329H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paralanguage, Tag Question, Deborah Tannen
11 Oct 2017
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Robin lakoff double bind thesis: syntax and discourse. Marjorie goodwin found that in informal conversation among black children in philly, girls used more direct quotes. Lower middle class both classes stuck to the consistently standard pronunciation (female). Conclusion, female is more concerned with sounding right across classes (except in the. The pronunciation of o as in road, nose, moan (standard way) 45 percent of speakers reported correctly about how they did when asked if they think the pronounced it correctly. Over-reported (non-standard pronunciation telling reporter they did it correctly) Under- reported (standard pronunciation telling the researcher they did not do it correctly) Among female speakers, they are more concerned with being proper because three fifths of those who did not report correctly over reported. Males on the other hand could not care less about being correct / prestige. Polite discou se (cid:894)lakoff(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) fe(cid:373)ale speake(cid:396)s(cid:895) Fathe(cid:396)(cid:859)s used di(cid:396)e(cid:272)t i(cid:373)pe(cid:396)ati(cid:448)es (cid:894)close the door!
