Gender Theories
Revision and flashcards link- https://quizlet.com/9012037/language-and-gender-theorists-flash-cards/ http://xtlearn.net/S/2854 Robin Lakoff (1973) - https://robinlakoff.com/ Robin Lakoff notes for essay Women do use paraphrases like “kind of” and “sort of” much more often than men do, this is called “hedging” which is a term that was primarily used by Lakoff’s ex-husband George Lakoff Women tend to use ‘empty’ adjectives or adjectives that are more common for women’s speech, like “divine”, “adorable”, “gorgeous”, “terrific” Women’s speech is often super polite and contains a lot of politeness-phrases like “… if it is not too much to ask”, “Would you mind …? or “Is it ok …?” that state wariness Coincidentally women tend to apologize more than men by saying things like “I’m sorry, but I think that …” when men would just come up with their opinion Women do not speak very frequently and they barely use any coar...