Gender and language: A Goodwin look at Lakoff.
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Title
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Gender and language: A Goodwin look at Lakoff.
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Identifier
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AAI9908355
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identifier
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9908355
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Creator
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Romano, Albert Walter.
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Contributor
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Adviser: William A. Stewart
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Date
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1998
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Language, Linguistics | Women's Studies | Speech Communication
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Abstract
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The issue of gender differences in language has its origins in antiquity. The first modern linguist to discuss specific features of women's language (WL) and Lakoff (1973; 1975; 1990). She proposed that WL had specific features, and she discussed them in a number of works. This dissertation examines the full nine features of WL Lakoff mentioned, and also provides conversations among four different groups in an attempt to discern what these features actually are. In addition, the author used Goodwin (1990) to help establish analysis of actual conversation as a source of explanation for the presence or absence of WL features in speech. Besides Lakoff's features, the study examined what previous researchers found as features of speech in conversation. A null hypothesis was proffered in the preparation of this study. Four distinct groups, ranging from pairs to seven, were recorded and their speech was examined in light of Lakoff's proposed WL features as well as later research findings. Speakers ranging from same sex to mixed sex were recorded, in order to determine if group number and composition affected conversation. Certain of Lakoff's features were found to be predominant, while others were not so prevalent. Explanations for these findings, in a "formulas and freedoms" context, are also presented.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
