Gender and Language
Deborah Francés Tannen
She is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Status vs. Support
Men grow up in a world in which a conversation is often a contest, either to achieve the upper hand or to prevent other people from pushing them around. For women, however, talking is often a way to exchange confirmation and support.
Independence vs. Intimacy
Since women often think in terms of closeness and support, they struggle to preserve intimacy. Men, concerned with status, tend to focus more on independence. These traits can lead women and men to starkly different views of the same situation.
Advice vs. Understanding
The problem stemmed from a difference in approach. To many men a complaint is a challenge to come up with a solution. But often women are looking for emotional support, not solutions.
Information vs. Feeling
Many women are hurt when men don’t talk to them at home, and many men are frustrated when they disappoint their partners without knowing why.
Orders vs. Proposals
If men perceive someone is trying to get them to do something indirectly, they feel manipulated and respond more resentfully than they would to a straightforward request.
Conflict vs. Compromise
In trying to prevent fights, some women refuse to oppose the will of others openly. But sometimes it’s far more effective for a woman to assert herself, even at the risk of conflict.
DIVERSITY - Cameron, 'The Myth of Mars and Venus' 2007
DEFICIT - Robin Lakoff, 1975
DIFFERENCE - Tannen, 1990
DOMINANCE, spender (1980)
There are few differences in male and female speech styles and the idea that male - female talk is 'cross cultural' is a 'myth.'
Men and Women have different conversational styles and goals when they speak
Women and Men learn appropriate language behaviour according to their gender expectations.
Women's use of language is inferior to that of men's.
Equipo
Florencia del Castillo
Victoria Cerutti
¡Gracias!
Gender and Language
Cerutti Victoria Nerea
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Gender and Language
Deborah Francés Tannen
She is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Status vs. Support
Men grow up in a world in which a conversation is often a contest, either to achieve the upper hand or to prevent other people from pushing them around. For women, however, talking is often a way to exchange confirmation and support.
Independence vs. Intimacy
Since women often think in terms of closeness and support, they struggle to preserve intimacy. Men, concerned with status, tend to focus more on independence. These traits can lead women and men to starkly different views of the same situation.
Advice vs. Understanding
The problem stemmed from a difference in approach. To many men a complaint is a challenge to come up with a solution. But often women are looking for emotional support, not solutions.
Information vs. Feeling
Many women are hurt when men don’t talk to them at home, and many men are frustrated when they disappoint their partners without knowing why.
Orders vs. Proposals
If men perceive someone is trying to get them to do something indirectly, they feel manipulated and respond more resentfully than they would to a straightforward request.
Conflict vs. Compromise
In trying to prevent fights, some women refuse to oppose the will of others openly. But sometimes it’s far more effective for a woman to assert herself, even at the risk of conflict.
DIVERSITY - Cameron, 'The Myth of Mars and Venus' 2007
DEFICIT - Robin Lakoff, 1975
DIFFERENCE - Tannen, 1990
DOMINANCE, spender (1980)
There are few differences in male and female speech styles and the idea that male - female talk is 'cross cultural' is a 'myth.'
Men and Women have different conversational styles and goals when they speak
Women and Men learn appropriate language behaviour according to their gender expectations.
Women's use of language is inferior to that of men's.
Equipo
Florencia del Castillo
Victoria Cerutti
¡Gracias!