What are the two models that explain why language is used in gendered ways, and what are examples that illustrate their hypotheses?
Readings
Please read the following section in your required text, Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age:
“Chapter 4: Language.”
unit 4 Supplementary Text / Tannen, Deborah. 2012. “Excerpt from Deborah Tannen, “He Said, She Said.” ” Scientific American Mind 21 (2):55-59.
unit 4 Supplementary Text
Supplement 4 Language / Deborah Tannen, “He Said, She Saidunit 4 Supplementary Text / Tannen, Deborah. 2012. “Excerpt from Deborah Tannen, “He Said, She Said.” ” Scientific American Mind 21 (2):55-59. Supplement 4 Language / Deborah Tannen, “He Said, She Said
Tannen, Deborah. 2012. “Excerpt from Deborah Tannen, “He Said, She Said.” ” Scientific American Mind 21 (2):55-59.
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The Linguists(video)
Q:After carefully reading Chapter 4: “Language” and any supplemental texts suggested by your professor, describe how linguistic anthropologists think about how or why women and men use language in different ways. What are the two models that explain why language is used in gendered ways, and what are examples that illustrate their hypotheses? Which one of these two models is more compelling to you, and why?
