Essays about: "gender-related features"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words gender-related features.
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1. Gender and Extramural English : A Study Investigating Gender-Related Linguistic Features of Hedges, Minimal Responses, and Interruptions in the Possible Extramural English Activity of Watching a Reality TV-Show
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : The present study aims to examine the linguistic features of hedges, minimal responses and interruptions used by the female and male participants in the possible extramural activity of the reality-TV show Love is Blind. The term Extramural English (EE) refers to English that students are exposed to outside the classroom. READ MORE
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2. Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate the overall frequency of hedges, boosters and tag questions in a selected number of episodes of the TV show The Big Bang Theory, and whether or not there are any gender related differences. Some previous research into this field of sociolinguistics has shown that women tend to use these forms more frequently than men, albeit the majority of this research has been in other discourses than the present one, while some has shown no gender variation concerning frequency. READ MORE
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3. Gender, Language and Second Language Education - a Study of Swedish EFL Textbooks
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of this study is to examine whether gender stereotypical language can be found in textbooks used in the course English 5 in the Swedish upper-secondary school. Several researchers have previously found that women and men tend to use certain aspects of the English language to a different extent and previous research has also shown that material used in EFL (English as a foreign language) textbooks portrays stereotypical notions of gender. READ MORE
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4. Gender-Related Variatin in CMC Language. A Study of Three Linguistic Features on Twitter
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This study examines the usage of reduced forms, first person subject ellipsis, and alternative capitalization in tweets from a gender perspective, with the data provided by a 20,000 word selection of male and female tweets. The results of the present data analysis for these features are compared to previous findings on male and female language in both spoken as well as written form in some current studies on gender-bound variation in Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), though there are cases when a direct comparison has been found unworkable. READ MORE
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5. The Reduced Forms "gonna", "wanna", "gotta" in The Television Series "Friends": A Gender Perspective
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Sociolinguistics have found that women use nonstandard and informal forms less frequently than men do. The present study has examined whether these gender-related differences are reflected in the dialogue in the TV series "Friends" and to what extent linguistic features in this TV series differ from corresponding features in natural conversation. READ MORE
