Wednesday 23 November 2016
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Language and Gender Articles (with Research from Professors)
THE GUARDIAN: Do men and women speak the same language? Published 2007.
This is extracted from the book The Myth of Mars and Venus, published by Oxford Professor Deborah Cameron.
Extract: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/01/gender.books
Table of Gender differences in verbal/communicative behaviour adapted from Hyde, "The Gender Similarities Hypothesis".
"d" is the formula for indicating the size of the overall gender difference: minus values for d indicates females are ahead of males, and plus values indicates males ahead of females.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/10/01/genderdifferences.pdf
THE INDEPENDENT: Gender stereotypes study. Published 15/11/2017- RECENT STUDIES.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/gender-stereotypes-language-men-women-technology-male-female-words-a7418616.html
Looking at words and topics that are considered "male" and those that are considered "female".
This is extracted from the book The Myth of Mars and Venus, published by Oxford Professor Deborah Cameron.
Extract: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/01/gender.books
Table of Gender differences in verbal/communicative behaviour adapted from Hyde, "The Gender Similarities Hypothesis".
"d" is the formula for indicating the size of the overall gender difference: minus values for d indicates females are ahead of males, and plus values indicates males ahead of females.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/10/01/genderdifferences.pdf
THE INDEPENDENT: Gender stereotypes study. Published 15/11/2017- RECENT STUDIES.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/gender-stereotypes-language-men-women-technology-male-female-words-a7418616.html
Looking at words and topics that are considered "male" and those that are considered "female".
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Ted Talks
https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation
Celeste Headlee hear talks about how communication in the 21st century has been broken down and more people than ever are not talking face to face, but through technology. We are more divided and less likely to compromise than ever, found in a study of 10,000 Americans. The balance between talking and listening in conversation has been lost, partly due to technology. A third of American teenagers send more than 100 texts a day and are more likely to text their friends than talk face to face. She then goes on to give advice on conversing; how to have an interesting and effective conversation. She gives tips such as "don't repeat yourself", "ask open ended questions" and "listen".
https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words
Erin Mckean is a lexicographer. She talks about how people who speak a language have the freedom to make new words in that language.
Celeste Headlee hear talks about how communication in the 21st century has been broken down and more people than ever are not talking face to face, but through technology. We are more divided and less likely to compromise than ever, found in a study of 10,000 Americans. The balance between talking and listening in conversation has been lost, partly due to technology. A third of American teenagers send more than 100 texts a day and are more likely to text their friends than talk face to face. She then goes on to give advice on conversing; how to have an interesting and effective conversation. She gives tips such as "don't repeat yourself", "ask open ended questions" and "listen".
https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words
Erin Mckean is a lexicographer. She talks about how people who speak a language have the freedom to make new words in that language.
2 kinds of grammar.
The kind of grammar that if you’re a native or good speaker
of a language, you’ll have unconscious rules that you follow when you speak
language, like when you make the plural of any word. This experiment was invented
by Professor Jean Berko Gleason in 1958 at Boston University.
The other kind of grammar rules are more about manners. This
is what linguists call Usage.
6 ways to make new words
- Borrowing: Taking words from other languages. Eg. Ninja.
- Compounding: Putting two existing words together. Eg. Hearbroken.
- Blend: Mixing parts of two words. Eg. Brunch.
- Functional Shift: changing a noun to a verb. Eg. Friend, and to friend someone.
- Back Formation of Words: taking words from others. Ie. Edit from Editor.
- Acronyms and Initialisms: Abbreviations of words consisting of initial letters. Either pronounced separately or together. Eg. NASA or BBC.
Word Of Mouth- Slang
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06wd268
This program is discussing the origin of slang, who uses it and what topics of conversation it is used for, ie. sex, death, men and women.
Notes:
Slang has a bad reputation, from it's earliest collection of criminal slang in the 16th century when it was used by 'bad' people.
Booze is arguably the oldest slang word, dating back to the first glossaries. However, it is so common today that it would be considered more colloquial language.
This program is discussing the origin of slang, who uses it and what topics of conversation it is used for, ie. sex, death, men and women.
Notes:
Slang has a bad reputation, from it's earliest collection of criminal slang in the 16th century when it was used by 'bad' people.
Booze is arguably the oldest slang word, dating back to the first glossaries. However, it is so common today that it would be considered more colloquial language.
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