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Why was Robin Lakoff a believer in this to an text? |
Robin Lakoff in her book 'Language and a Women's Place' 1975 she combined elements of dominance and deficit and created a set of female characteristics. |
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Q: What were these set of female characteristics? |
They use empty adjectives: divine, lovely, adorable...They use modal verbs: should, would...Overuse qualifiers. "I think that...They use mitigated responses and hidden directives.They have special lexis for things like colours and cloth.They avoid coarse language and expletives.Women can't tell jokes. |
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And where these based on research findings? |
No, these were all impressions. |
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What else?
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Lakoff's key points about women's language: speak less frequently
show they are listening by using minimal responses (PMRs - mmm, yeah etc.)
use hyper-correct grammar such as...'avoiding 'ain't' or double negatives such as the sentence 'That won't do you no good'
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