Abstract
21Dec 2017 SEXISM AND VARIATIONS IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE. Chowdhury Omar Sharif. Senior Lecturer, English, East West University, Bangladesh
Highlights
Introduction:This chapter describes the methodology employed in this study. It presents the qualitative and the quantitative procedures used in both macro- and micro-sociolinguistic studies
Men and women talk differently, it is said that woman are less assertive in the their speech than men; that they use fewer taboo forms and more euphemisms than men; that they talk more than men, or that they talk less than men; that they are inclined to gossip than men; that they are more conservative in their speech and at the same time; more sensitive to matters of correctness than men, and their speech in more polite and indirect and so on
Bio of the Author:Chowdhury Omar Sharif Senior Lecturer, Dept. of English, East West University, Bangladesh
Summary
Received: 15 October 2017 Final Accepted: 17 November 2017 Published: December 2017. This paper tries to focus on the use of language of men and women through concentrating on sexism and variations. The first is the “dominance approach” (supported by Lakoff, 1975; Fishman, 1983), which claims that the difference in language between men and women is a consequence of male dominance and female subordination. Swallowe (2003) reviewed the literature on differences between men and women in the use of media for interpersonal communication, etc From among these researchers, Lakoff (1975) proposed theories on the existence of women‟s language. Canary and Hause (1993) as cited in Mulac (1998) have argued that meaningful differences in the communication strategies of men and women have not been found with any degree of consistency Despite such and many other similar observations, Lakoff believes that the use of tag questions by women is the sign of uncertainty. Called power-based theory, the focus is on male dominance and gender division
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