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  2. Language and gender - Wikipedia

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    Research into the many possible relationships, intersections and tensions between language and gender is diverse. It crosses disciplinary boundaries, and, as a bare minimum, could be said to encompass work notionally housed within applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis, cultural studies, feminist media studies, feminist psychology, gender studies, interactional ...

  3. Gender paradox (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    However, that view fails to address the consistently higher use of prestige forms even in contemporary societies with high levels of gender equality. Studies of language variation in central Sweden show that gender differences in speech have been maintained or even increased since 1967 although recent legislation in Sweden has led to widespread ...

  4. Difference model - Wikipedia

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    The difference model has roots in the studies of John Gumperz, who examined differences in cross-cultural communication.While the difference model deals with cross-gender communication, the male and female genders are often presented as being two separate cultures, hence the relevance of Gumperz's studies.

  5. LGBTQ linguistics - Wikipedia

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    LGBTQ linguistics is the study of language as used by members of LGBTQ communities. Related or synonymous terms include lavender linguistics, advanced by William Leap in the 1990s, which "encompass[es] a wide range of everyday language practices" in LGBTQ communities, [1] and queer linguistics, which refers to the linguistic analysis concerning the effect of heteronormativity on expressing ...

  6. Why Do Languages Have Gendered Words?

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    "Grammatical gender is a classification system for nouns," said Dorman. Today Dorman says 44% of languages have grammatical gender systems, which can help ease communication for people speaking ...

  7. Gender role - Wikipedia

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    In one study, the effects of gender stereotypes on children's mathematical abilities were tested. In this study of American children between the ages of six and ten, it was found that the children, as early as the second grade, demonstrated the gender stereotype that mathematics is a 'boy's subject'. This may show that the mathematical self ...

  8. Gender role in language - Wikipedia

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    Other Eme-sal (language of women) to Eme-ku (language of men) phonemic correspondences are : [9] Eme-sal /m/, /b/, /d/ = Eme-ku /g/ Eme-sal /ê/ = Eme-ku /u/ {Cf. that for "the English sound system we have express statements by old grammarians that women had a more advanced pronunciation than men, and characteristically enough these statements ...

  9. Gender and Language - Wikipedia

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    Gender and Language is an international peer-reviewed academic journal for language-based research on gender and sexuality from feminist, queer, and nonbinary perspectives. The journal features research on the social analytics of gender in discourse domains that include institutions, media, politics and everyday interaction.