Essays about: "women and men language"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 120 essays containing the words women and men language.

  1. 6. Empati för offer av psykiskt våld: en komparativ studie rörande perspektivtagande

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Love Fors; Hugo Nipstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Perspective-taking; empathy; narratives; moral principles; psychological abuse; Perspektivtagande; empati; moraliska principer; narrativ psykiskt våld; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Studien var ämnad att undersöka skillnader i empatisk förmåga utifrån tre nivåer; perspektiv, kön och våldstyp. Tidigare studier visar att kvinnor har en högre empatisk förmåga än män. READ MORE

  3. 7. Gender differences in swearing in American sitcom: types and reasons

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Tanzima Mahmud; [2023]
    Keywords : Swearing; swear words; gender roles; television sitcoms;

    Abstract : The essay is a study on gender differences in the use of swearing on television. Data collected for the thesis is from the American sitcom Shameless. The work of Lakoff (1975) on women’s language and Stapleton’s (2010) study done on gender differences on the use of expletive in both genders are drawn on as the theoretical considerations. READ MORE

  4. 8. QUEER JAPANESE. The modern-day language usage of Japanese LGBTQ+ people

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Lisa Bendall; [2022-01-25]
    Keywords : japanska; Linguistics; sociolinguistics; queer; LGBTQ; Japanese; analysis;

    Abstract : Gendered language is a well-known feature of Japanese, but how is it applied by a speaker who does not fit the cisgender or heteronormative standards in society? In a 2010 study, Hideko Abe published a book titled Queer Japanese, which addressed this exact question. Although incredibly thorough and informative, the book is now over a decade old, and the findings may no longer be accurate. READ MORE

  5. 9. Sorry, I apologize! : The difference between men’s and women’s usage of apologies in emails

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Gustav Lindroth; Rebecca Ucar; [2022]
    Keywords : Email; Enron Corpus; apologetic expressions; politeness; gender;

    Abstract : This essay aims to discover differences and similarities in the linguistic behavior ofpoliteness in apologetic expressions between men and women in emails. Material wastaken from the Enron Corpus. This Corpus includes information about the senders andrecipients of the chosen email, the context, and an email thread. READ MORE

  6. 10. 'Men in Grey Suits': Androcentric Language in the House of Commons : A Corpus-Assisted Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Pauline Alkenäs; [2022]
    Keywords : Androcentrism; House of Commons; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Hansard at Huddersfield Corpus; Male Bias;

    Abstract : Whilst the number of women in the British Parliament increases in line with social progress towards gender equality, androcentric language use in the House of Commons prevails and perpetuates a harmful outdated hierarchical order of gender. The aims of this study are two-fold, (1) to gain insight into how androcentric occupational titles are used to negotiate the hierarchical structure of the Chamber, (2) to explore how MPs’ male bias is reflected by their use of androcentric generic nouns. READ MORE