Language and gender in society. A literature review

Term Paper , 2014 , 17 Pages , Grade: 67%

English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics

This paper looks at the literature which has helped us to understand the topic: language and gender in society. It provides a context of past and recent developments in language and gender theories. It focuses on two types of studies: 1. Sex exclusive speech differences and 2. Sex preferential speech features. It also examines the three major approaches to language and gender: Deficit theory, Difference theory and Social Constructivist approach. Discoveries from previous research of these studies are also mentioned and discussed in this paper.

Table of Content

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

Exclusive Speech difference between males and females

Sex preferential speech features

Reasons for differences

Language and gender theories

The details of each theory are as follows.

The deficit theory

Difference theory

Social Constructivist Theory

Recent theoretical theories

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

• College: Curtin University of Technology (Seameo retrac)
• Course: Master of applied lingustics
• Grade: 67%
• Author: Thu Tran (Author)
• Publication Year: 2014
• Pages: 17
• Catalog Number: V375472
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668547322
• ISBN (Book): 9783668547339
• Language: English
• Tags: language and gender, differencex, similarities