Hello everyone, I have started to read about the topic we have chosen and begin to taking small notes as a start. I focused on the gender differences in sociolinguistic
1- the definition of gender is generally either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behaviour.
2-Language and gender itself is an area of study within sociolinguistic
3-The linguistics forms used by women and men contrast in many different ways .
4-it is claimed that women are more linguistically polite than men .
5- for example if you come cross these two questions:
- oh dear, who left the ice-cream outside the fridge, again?
- damn! who left the ice-cream outside the fridge, again?
.you will easily recognise the gender for the two question from the use of forms
6- the English language has three gender specific pronouns; he (masculine), she (feminine), and it (neuter used for objects).
reference:
1- Sociolinguistic (Sex and Age)Published by Astri Situmorang in http://www.scribd.com/doc/135070606/Sociolinguistic-Sex-and-Age#scribd
2- language and gender: an advanced resource book by Jane sunderland.
3-http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender
.I will update this page with my additional note soon, if you have any comment feel free to write it
That's great job Ethar.
ردحذفGood job Ethar , you got our agreement by your clear example.
ردحذفI agree with you 100% :)