TOPIC : 7TH

Language and sex

Created By :Arnima RusidaNPR Ayu Pramesti

SOCIOLINGUISTICS Is The study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society

LANGUAGE Is a tool of communication

GENDER Is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them.

LANGUAGE AND GENDER itself is an area of study within sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and related fields that investigates varieties of speech associated with a particular gender, or social norms for such gendered language use

MALE AND FEMALE DIFFERENCES

Masculinity:Masculinity refers to qualities and

behaviors judged by a particular culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to men and boys. Distinct from maleness, which is a biological and physiological classification concerned with the reproductive system, masculinity principally refers to socially acquired traits and secondary sex characteristics.

Femininity:Femininity refers to qualities and

behaviors judged by a particular culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to women and girls. Distinct from femaleness, which is a biological and physiological classification concerned with the reproductive system, femininity principally refers to socially acquired traits and secondary sex characteristics.

Feminine characteristics Masculine characteristics Neutral characteristics anxious active acute co-operative arrogant benevolent faithful assertive calm gentle athletic cheerful humane commanding conventional intuitive crude dignified kind decisive flexible passive individualistic informal perceptive irresponsible jealous responsible proud lucky tactful robust modest tender strong playful tidy tall unfriendly timid unemotional unpretentious vulnerable vigorous weak

Typically feminine and typically masculine characteristics

A man talks to a man:Lets get hammered! (short, vulgar, NOT impolite)

I don‘t like this topic at all.(formal behaviour, audience, statement)

He was a hell of a man! (talking about s.o., compliment)

Dialogues and Styles of Speech

A woman talks to a woman:Let‘s meet for a make up party next saturday. (informative, polite)

Do you mind if we change the topic. (formal behaviour, audience, politeness)

The guy I met in the elevator had a very bad attitude. (honest, polite, bad experience)

A man talks to a womanWould you like to have another drink? (polite, playing a role, thinking of own interest)

We will discuss the topic tomorrow if you don‘t mind.(politeness, formality, audience)

He is a very strange person. (covering own antipathy with politeness)

A woman talks to a manYou should hurry up honey. (indicating time pressure, polite, hidden information)

I will announce my decision tomorrow at 2 pm. (formal, audience. informative)

It was an interesting experience to meet him. (polite description of a bad experience, hiding emotions)

LANGUAGE AND SEX IN DIFFERENT CULTURE

PRONOUNS

Male Female

English He She

French Il Elle

Thai Phom Chan/dichan

Japanese Boku Atashi

Japanese :Boku (MALE) : Saya (LK)Atashi (FEMALE) : Saya (PR)

Thailand :Phom (MALE) : Saya (LK)Chan (FEMALE) : Saya (PR)

French :il (MALE) : Dia(LK)elle (FEMALE) : Dia (PR)

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