Language and gender

By instructorgio

  • week 1

    connection vs competition;
    equality/closeness vs hierarchy/status;
    sexist language (marked/unmarked terms, semantic derogation);
    gender-inclusive language;
    uptalk.

  • week 2

    stereotypes;
    conversation analysis (back channels, turns, overlapping);

    competitive and cooperative overlapping;
    mitigating devices (hedges, epistemic modal forms),

  • week 3

    intensifiers;
    mitigating devices;
    directness/indirectness;
    colors;
    conversational topics;
    troubles talk;
    status vs support;
    rapport talk vs report talk;
    interactional styles.

  • week 4

    foregrounding vs downplaying authority;

    language at work: Double Bind, interactional styles;
    analysis of “The Devil Wears Prada”.