Abstract
This paper aims at presenting an investigation into the theories of gender and sex-based language which are detailing the deficit, the dominance and the sub-cultural approach as defined by many social researchers and linguists in the field of gender and sex discourse. Tertiary level students have been repeatedly identified as a source of inter-individual variation in language development; however, their interactions have been investigated infrequently. Though sex differences are constant focal points for experiments regarding emerging language skills, data remain scarce and are not consistent across university life. The questions as to whether university impacts male and female students equally, as well as concerning the consistency of these differences throughout university socialization, remain open. In this research, the consistency of sex differences among the tertiary level students has been evaluated in the light of language theory. Therefore, the debate about whether language should be studied as a separate, distinct entity or it can be resolved if the notion of activity is adopted as it would be allowed for the understanding of language as constituting reality, reflecting modification and developments. Following the crises of the society of the past and present era, both similarities and dissimilarities between men and women speech appear to be significant issues which are worth studying. Finally, the study demonstrates in the field of language to understanding how and when language use constructs gender differences as a social category.
Highlights
IntroductionIt has been found that male and female students at tertiary level do not generally choose linguistics as their major for the purpose of achieving masculine or feminine identities
Tertiary level students have been repeatedly identified as a source of inter-individual variation in language development; their interactions have been investigated infrequently
The consistency of sex differences among the tertiary level students has been evaluated in the light of language theory
Summary
It has been found that male and female students at tertiary level do not generally choose linguistics as their major for the purpose of achieving masculine or feminine identities To be actual, they focus on gendered linguistic strategies in order to perform pragmatic and interactional functions of language and, roles in a gendered way are formed. In the last 20 years, feminist sociolinguistic research has typically been concerned with whether, and how, women and men use language differently, and whether these differences are symptomatic of women’s subordinate social status, or contribute to their subordination, or are merely markers of gender difference, and are the result of different sub-cultural norms rather than asymmetrical power relations. Gender-related differences have been traced and been found in all the above features of conversation in numerous recent studies; the studies have not always been in agreement in their findings, or in the interpretations of their findings
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