Abstract
Language is socially constructed and used as a powerful means of repression, and language has an important place in the struggle of male/female classes, which is the biggest class struggle. Since gender is an ideology, its language is constructed both socially and universally. Since the dominant ideology was patriarchal, the woman remained within the framework of the discourse determined by patriarchy. This patriarchal society makes the language, the object of man. This order that makes women passive takes them under the dominance of a language that is shaped by men. Based on this order, feminist linguists pointed out that women had to live in a language that was produced by men, which prevented them from expressing themselves. Language is such a strong and deep structure that even when women start to take part in the public arena, They to do it through a male dominant language.This study aims at investigating gender differences in language. The study consists of two parts: theory and practice. The first section covers gender and language theories. In the second section, the speech analysis method was used to determine the differences between female and male language. The participants, consisting of 16 university students, were divided into groups of 4 people and each group was interviewed separately. The evaluation of speech recordings is based on the work of Jennifer Coates. When the speech analysis data were examined, it was revealed that there were significant differences in speech between the female and male participants.
Highlights
This study aims at investigating gender differences in language
According to Engels, the conflict between women and men is the first class struggle in history. ‘‘The first-class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage the first class oppression coincides with that of the female sex by the male’’ (Engels, cited by Danovan, 2000: 88)
It is not due to the biological characteristics of women and men that they are differentiated but by their gender which is a pattern of femininity and masculinity that is socially constructed
Summary
According to Engels, the conflict between women and men is the first class struggle in history. ‘‘The first-class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage the first class oppression coincides with that of the female sex by the male’’ (Engels, cited by Danovan, 2000: 88). According to Engels, the conflict between women and men is the first class struggle in history. ‘‘The first-class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage the first class oppression coincides with that of the female sex by the male’’ (Engels, cited by Danovan, 2000: 88). Women and men are very different in appearance and physiological development. Researchers have highlighted gender by drawing attention to the differences created by society, apart from known biological differences. This distinction indicates that all the values assigned to men and women are constructed by society. After the recognition of gender and the existence of discrimination caused by it, the second question is why this discrimination is against women
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