Essays about: "Kristina Pettersson Granqvist"

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  1. 1. Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Kristina Pettersson Granqvist; [2014-02-21]
    Keywords : engelska; Hedges; boosters; Tag questions; TV discourse; gender-related differences; gender; sociolinguistics; media; gender variations; television dialogue;

    Abstract : 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