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    This document discusses theories about gender differences in language. It summarizes Robin Lakoff's theory that women tend to use more lexical hedges, tag questions, rising intonation on declaratives, avoidance of strong swear words, and other linguistic features considered "super polite." The document then describes an attempt to test Lakoff's theory by recording a conversation between a man and woman, but finds the theory cannot be conclusively proven or argued based on a single interaction, as factors like age, background, and situation also influence speech patterns.

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    This document discusses theories about gender differences in language. It summarizes Robin Lakoff's theory that women tend to use more lexical hedges, tag questions, rising intonation on declaratives, avoidance of strong swear words, and other linguistic features considered "super polite." The document then describes an attempt to test Lakoff's theory by recording a conversation between a man and woman, but finds the theory cannot be conclusively proven or argued based on a single interaction, as factors like age, background, and situation also influence speech patterns.

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    This document discusses theories about gender differences in language. It summarizes Robin Lakoff's theory that women tend to use more lexical hedges, tag questions, rising intonation on declaratives, avoidance of strong swear words, and other linguistic features considered "super polite." The document then describes an attempt to test Lakoff's theory by recording a conversation between a man and woman, but finds the theory cannot be conclusively proven or argued based on a single interaction, as factors like age, background, and situation also influence speech patterns.

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    This document discusses theories about gender differences in language. It summarizes Robin Lakoff's theory that women tend to use more lexical hedges, tag questions, rising intonation on declaratives, avoidance of strong swear words, and other linguistic features considered "super polite." The document then describes an attempt to test Lakoff's theory by recording a conversation between a man and woman, but finds the theory cannot be conclusively proven or argued based on a single interaction, as factors like age, background, and situation also influence speech patterns.

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    DIFFERENT

    L ANGUAGE OF
    GENDER
    O K TA V I A D H A M AYA N T I ( 3 0 6 1 7 1 2 0 0 1 )
    SRI AULIA MELINA (3061712011)
    LANGUAGE ON GENDER

    • The linguistics forms used by women and men contrast -to different degrees-
    in all speech communities. There are other ways too in which the linguistics
    behavior women and men differs. It is claimed women are more linguistically
    polite than men, for instance, and that women and men emphasise different
    speech functions.
    10 THEORY ABOUT LANGUAGE ON
    GENDER BY ROBIN LAKOFF :
    • Lexical hedges
    • Tag questions
    • Rising intonation on declaratives
    • ‘empty’ objectives
    • Precise color terms
    • Intensifiers
    • ‘hyper correct’ grammar
    • ‘Super polite’ forms
    • Avoidance of strong swear words
    • Emphatic stress
    AVOIDANCE OF STRONG SWEAR
    WORDS
    • Swearing is kinds of interjection that can express extreme intensify. It has been widely
    considered as an expression of very strong emotion.
    • Women usually use softer forms such us ‘Oh, Dear’ or ‘Darn’ while the men use stronger ones
    such as ‘Dammit’ or ‘Shit’.
    • Lakoff 2014:44, stated that as children, women are encouraged to be little ladies. Little ladies
    do not scream as vociferously as little boys, are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums
    or showing temper: high spirits are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and
    resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls.
    We tested Lakoff’s theory by recording a conversation between a man and women
    and analyzed the differences in the way they spoke. This is a record of my friend’s
    call conversation :
    ANOTHER RECORD :

    MAN SAMPLE : WO M A N S A M P L E :
    We found that Lakoff’s theory couldn’t argue that women use certain features in
    language, in society today people are from different places, different ages and are
    in different situations therefore speak in a dissimilar way applying to these
    factors and it can’t necessarily be tested through one conversation between a
    male and female.
    THANK YOU

    ANY QUESTION?

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