Essays about: "Emilia Lucchesi"

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  1. 1. A Linguistic Hybrid? : a study of male linguistic features in female conversation

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

    Author : Emilia Lucchesi; [2011]
    Keywords : gender; female language; male language; collaborative communication style; competitive communication style; swearing; interruptions; disagreeing; ignoring; questions; monologues; ‘playing the expert’;

    Abstract : This study investigates four women’s use of typically male linguistic features in casual same-sex conversation. The aim of the study is to see whether and how this group of women use the linguistic features; swearing, interrupting, disagreeing and ignoring, questions and monologues (‘playing the expert’) which are all more common in male conversation and often part of a competitive communication style. READ MORE