revision6 Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Peter Trudgill
A
Women tend to over-report in conversations and men under-report
2
Q
Deborah Tannen
A
Men and women have different ‘cultures’. They have their own rules and shared meanings, and once they talk altogether there are misunderstandings because of this
3
Q
Spencer
A
The English language is favoured towards men because they coined the words eg. mankind, policeman, fireman
4
Q
Fishman
A
Women use more tag questions in conversation than men
5
Q
O’Barr and Atkins
A
Studied courtroom witnesses. Found that women used more hedges, empty adjectives and apologised more
