Clarkson jest kobietą, czyli o problematyce płci kulturowej w języku na przykładzie wywiadów przeprowadzonych w brytyjskim programie motoryzacyjnym Top Gear

Ziemowit Janiak

doi:10.17951/ah.2015.6.87

Abstract

The present article investigates the issue of gender differences in language use. We look at some essential notions indispensable in the analysis of language use such as context. We also present some of the ideas and theories related to the question whether there are systematic differences in the ways men and women use language introduced by scholars working within the frame of gender studies and sociolinguistics. The aforementioned ideas are integrated into our analysis of the linguistic material that comes from a popular motoring show Top Gear .

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In the present article, we plan to investigate the notion of gender stereotypes based on the example of the linguistic analysis of interviews on the British motoring show Top Gear, carried out by the controversial journalist Jeremy Clarkson
Scholars working within the sociolinguistic paradigm, and the ones who are interested in gender-related linguistic issues, study exactly the same phenomena
The analysis above seems to corroborate the views expressed by Cameron

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We plan to investigate the notion of gender stereotypes based on the example of the linguistic analysis of interviews on the British motoring show Top Gear, carried out by the controversial journalist Jeremy Clarkson. We will look at the analysed phenomena from a sociolinguistic perspective. The analysed material comes from earlier interviews carried out on Top Gear between 2008 and 2009. Jeremy Clarkson was suspended and later dismissed on disciplinary grounds from the BBC after a fracas with the show producer Oisin Tymon on 9 march 20151. It had not been the first controversy involving the well-known TV presenter. Clarkson has been accused of racism multiple times, and the journey to film a Christmas special in Patagonia ended with an international scandal because of the number plates on one of the cars that, according to some Argentineans, alluded to the 1982 Falklands War lost by Argentina

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