What have I found and could test?
Deborah Tannen-DT
Title-'That's not what I meant!'
first published-1987
240 pages
'how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others'
Part of the book shows how people use loudness and fast pace replies to show they were listening and understood.
This could be tested to see how people respond when someone says something agreeable and disagreeable to see what they do when replying.
Peter Stockwell 2002
'men's turns last longer '
Test this by having men and women in a conversation together in a situation where there is no occupation factors so the data is reliable.
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Occupation-Opinion article-26/04/16
Work or Life?
with millions of people working around the world, is it still a job or is it slowly taking over?
The big question is do you own your job or is your job owning you? With jobs come discourse communities which means others within your occupation share lexis, rules and methods of communication that are individually suited to the occupation. These methods of communication are fine when used in the work place but the inclusion of them in daily life seems to give off the impression that your job is taking over and i think these should be left totally separate.
As a person whose occupation is a primary school teacher i often find myself using the same type of language in my every day life whether its communicating with my friends or children. This comes with two disadvantages. The first being i can come across as patronizing to my friends which i totally understand. The tone i use in different situations would bug me honestly and i need to realize talking to Billy in Key stage two (KS2) when hes getting upset because he answered a question wrong is a totally different situation to when my friends are going through a hard time. The second disadvantage is when I speak with same tone to my children. Although they are now at similar ages to who i work with everyday at the moment they will grow up soon and then what do i do? I obviously can not treat them like children all their life.
Respected theorist John Swales
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Gender speech-12/04/16
Speech plan-
Deficit model
Difference model
Dominance model
Include theories- Mary beards ideas about women's voices not being valued.
Audience- sixth form students-Is it the way women are speaking or is it how they are treated when they are speaking? include dominance model and other theories that support these questions.
Today I am going to do a speech expressing my views on women's language and how i strongly believe their is no distinct difference between men and women's language and why it infuriates me when it comes to inequality because of how people speak.
A lot of women are treated differently because of the way they use speech supposedly... but i think the reason for the inequality is because the way they are treated when they are speaking rather than how they actually speak. Zimmerman and Wests dominance model is the main theory that will support and explain my strong point of view. Incase you are not already aware of the dominance model this was a theory and investigation that was taken to see patterns and ways in which both genders talked during conversation with each other. The investigation found that 96% of interruptions during a mixed gender conversation came from men. These findings lead me to believe that how can people say women speech is less valid than men when they are not being allowed to speak anyway.
Another subject which also points towards inequality within genders is the titles changing at different times and for different reasons depending on what gender you are. When a male is a boy he is given the title of 'master' and when the women is considered a girl they are given the title of 'miss'. The issue starts at the point that boys will change to 'Mr' when considered an adult but on the other hand women stay as 'miss' until married. What this indicates to me is that supposedly women have to rely on men to change their title which i think is outrageous. I feel because of this it makes old stereotypes that men have ownership of 'their' women and can dictate not only what they do but can even control the name they come under which should not be the case and women should become 'Mrs' or 'Ms' when thought to be an adult.
Not only do i think that the titles of the different genders changing at different times is wrong but i also think the the title in itself is down grading. 'Mrs' can be seen as just an add on from 'Mr' which could indicate that a woman is an add on from the man. This shows that the woman is not actually unique at all when it should 100% be different.
Thank you for listening.
Deficit model
Difference model
Dominance model
Include theories- Mary beards ideas about women's voices not being valued.
Audience- sixth form students-Is it the way women are speaking or is it how they are treated when they are speaking? include dominance model and other theories that support these questions.
Today I am going to do a speech expressing my views on women's language and how i strongly believe their is no distinct difference between men and women's language and why it infuriates me when it comes to inequality because of how people speak.
A lot of women are treated differently because of the way they use speech supposedly... but i think the reason for the inequality is because the way they are treated when they are speaking rather than how they actually speak. Zimmerman and Wests dominance model is the main theory that will support and explain my strong point of view. Incase you are not already aware of the dominance model this was a theory and investigation that was taken to see patterns and ways in which both genders talked during conversation with each other. The investigation found that 96% of interruptions during a mixed gender conversation came from men. These findings lead me to believe that how can people say women speech is less valid than men when they are not being allowed to speak anyway.
Another subject which also points towards inequality within genders is the titles changing at different times and for different reasons depending on what gender you are. When a male is a boy he is given the title of 'master' and when the women is considered a girl they are given the title of 'miss'. The issue starts at the point that boys will change to 'Mr' when considered an adult but on the other hand women stay as 'miss' until married. What this indicates to me is that supposedly women have to rely on men to change their title which i think is outrageous. I feel because of this it makes old stereotypes that men have ownership of 'their' women and can dictate not only what they do but can even control the name they come under which should not be the case and women should become 'Mrs' or 'Ms' when thought to be an adult.
Not only do i think that the titles of the different genders changing at different times is wrong but i also think the the title in itself is down grading. 'Mrs' can be seen as just an add on from 'Mr' which could indicate that a woman is an add on from the man. This shows that the woman is not actually unique at all when it should 100% be different.
Thank you for listening.
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Attitudes to accents-Newspaper Article
My article will be targeted towards people who read the Guardian.
Does your accent determine who you are as a person? And are accents changing?
There is a huge range of different accents and dialects throughout the United Kingdom which can be analysed by the public as the best and the absolutely terrible. In my opinion and many others the accent from a person is something unique to them and it is something to be proud of but that is not always peoples views.
In the 1970's a matched guise test was done to collect the views of people on accents in the UK. The test recorded what they saw as the most impressive and influential accent being said. The outcome was that the Brummie accent was seen as the least impressive and had little influence on people being talked about a certain subject. On the other hand at the top of the leader board was the received pronunciation. Even though this was done over 40 years ago this view is still among people today and can be supported by many recent surveys in the United Kingdom.
The surveys record various views on how intelligent or friendly an accent is to name a few. The fact that people will quickly judge someone as soon as they open their mouth on who they are personally is complete nonsense in my opinion. I mean just because your from Birmingham and have a very strong accent does that mean you are not intelligent enough to get a high grade in education? obviously not. So why do people instantly judge without actually finding out about the person first?
We are judged in a variety of ways for the way we speak. In the past it was very easy to separate people into by listening to their accent but now due to how easy it is to travel around the world and the many people moving to various places to work and learn it does not become as a surprise that we are all becoming more similar in how we speak and it is more difficult now than ever to determine where someone is from as soon as they open their mouth. Nowadays when you hear a very strong accent it is usually the older generation who are holding on to their pride when they speak but soon i feel to many accents will mix and the UK will eventually start sounding similar altogether as people are not as bothered on keeping a designated accent and are repeatedly moving areas.
Does your accent determine who you are as a person? And are accents changing?
There is a huge range of different accents and dialects throughout the United Kingdom which can be analysed by the public as the best and the absolutely terrible. In my opinion and many others the accent from a person is something unique to them and it is something to be proud of but that is not always peoples views.
In the 1970's a matched guise test was done to collect the views of people on accents in the UK. The test recorded what they saw as the most impressive and influential accent being said. The outcome was that the Brummie accent was seen as the least impressive and had little influence on people being talked about a certain subject. On the other hand at the top of the leader board was the received pronunciation. Even though this was done over 40 years ago this view is still among people today and can be supported by many recent surveys in the United Kingdom.
The surveys record various views on how intelligent or friendly an accent is to name a few. The fact that people will quickly judge someone as soon as they open their mouth on who they are personally is complete nonsense in my opinion. I mean just because your from Birmingham and have a very strong accent does that mean you are not intelligent enough to get a high grade in education? obviously not. So why do people instantly judge without actually finding out about the person first?
We are judged in a variety of ways for the way we speak. In the past it was very easy to separate people into by listening to their accent but now due to how easy it is to travel around the world and the many people moving to various places to work and learn it does not become as a surprise that we are all becoming more similar in how we speak and it is more difficult now than ever to determine where someone is from as soon as they open their mouth. Nowadays when you hear a very strong accent it is usually the older generation who are holding on to their pride when they speak but soon i feel to many accents will mix and the UK will eventually start sounding similar altogether as people are not as bothered on keeping a designated accent and are repeatedly moving areas.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Giles 1970's matched guise technique research 01/12/15
Giles matched-guise technique
The Matched-Guise Test is a sociolinguistic experimental technique used to determine the true feelings of
an individual or community towards a specific language, dialect, or accent.
The experimental
procedure revolves around a variety of different people who acted as judges
listening to different accents and regional dialects and evaluating their
personal qualities solely based on their voices. The topic they talked about
was capital punishment and the arguments were completely identical and the
judges replied with how influential the different accents made their arguments and
ranked each of them.
Oddly during the
experiment the different accents were done by one person and the judges did not
know that it was only one but a range of different people from various areas.
The test was done without seeing the person which meant the only difference was
the speech but the tone and pitch would sound the same. This meant there was
nothing affecting the results and the way of speaking would be exactly the same
and the accent was the only thing being focused on.
Findings
Those
who heard RP were most impressed, those who heard Birmingham were least impressed.
Other findings-those
who heard regional accents were more likely to have changed their minds after
the presentation.
Limitation
One
limitation was that the judges may find out that there was only one person
performing the various accents which could lead them to having different
accents and make the results less reliable.
The
information found also matches what people still think now. This is found in a
recent 2014 survey which showed the people of the UK thought the Brummie accent
was the least attractive and scored -53
on the survey which shows there is little difference in what Giles found to
what people still think today.
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Jennifer Lawrence analysis
What are the important contextual features of this text?
The very well known company Sony were on the receiving end of a hacking scandal which resulted in leaked information. Among the information leaked was figures of money that individual film stars earned in the film 'American Hustle'. By viewing the earnings it was easy to see that the very famous actress Jennifer Lawrence had earned considerably less money than her male colleagues that she filmed with. This sparked outrage between the people who saw this leak but also Jennifer Lawrence herself and this controversial issue led to the star posting her views on Facebook about this particular subject. Because of her reply and peoples great interest in this issue it has came to no surprise that this became one of the most talked about topics about gender equality in recent years.
Comment on the 'male' and 'female' language features in this text. What is the effect on the reader?
Jennifer Lawrence supports and contradicts the theory of Robin Lakoffs theory that men and women speak differently throughout her response. This is because she uses both female and male language and by her using male language shows that women talk the same as men also. The first paragraph shows Jennifer noticeably speaking in a 'female' way. There is a tense feeling as she starts and she uses phrase "fingers crossed'' this may suggest that she cares about her fans and is speaking to them like they are together as a unit. It could also be seen as her showing her feelings towards her fans or anyone else viewing this to feel a type of emotion towards her views. The emotion created supports Lakoffs theory that women are more emotional than men. Jennifer also shows she cares what people think of her. "I didn't want to seem difficult" could be identified to be a weakness in her personality and also supports the stereotype that women would rather please everyone, This suggests that females do talk differently than men because it is seen that men do not care as much as women in what they say and they don't mind if people disagree.
Jennifer Lawrence also contradicts the theory of Lakoffs in a variety of ways. As you get further in the post it becomes less clear to what gender is actually writing this if you had not already seen it was Jennifer Lawrence. It could be interpreted to be a males Facebook post because of the strong language and tone used. The phrase 'Fuck that' may show she is angered by the situation but also she doesn't really care about offending anyone which is a totally different way of expressing herself than i the first paragraph. She is seen to use swear words a few times in the post which is seen as odd. The reason i say this is because words like 'fuck' are usually assumed to be used more by the male gender.This why Jennifer Lawrence contradicts Lakoffs views.
Do you agree with her conclusion?
I do agree with her conclusion. I believe is true that men can use their dominant language to negotiate deals that they want and women step back as they don't want to make unneeded controversy. Woman can be portrayed wrongly if they acted like men during negotiable situations which i feel is a big problem today which is why i agree greatly with Jennifer Lawrence's ideas and overall conclusion.
The very well known company Sony were on the receiving end of a hacking scandal which resulted in leaked information. Among the information leaked was figures of money that individual film stars earned in the film 'American Hustle'. By viewing the earnings it was easy to see that the very famous actress Jennifer Lawrence had earned considerably less money than her male colleagues that she filmed with. This sparked outrage between the people who saw this leak but also Jennifer Lawrence herself and this controversial issue led to the star posting her views on Facebook about this particular subject. Because of her reply and peoples great interest in this issue it has came to no surprise that this became one of the most talked about topics about gender equality in recent years.
Comment on the 'male' and 'female' language features in this text. What is the effect on the reader?
Jennifer Lawrence supports and contradicts the theory of Robin Lakoffs theory that men and women speak differently throughout her response. This is because she uses both female and male language and by her using male language shows that women talk the same as men also. The first paragraph shows Jennifer noticeably speaking in a 'female' way. There is a tense feeling as she starts and she uses phrase "fingers crossed'' this may suggest that she cares about her fans and is speaking to them like they are together as a unit. It could also be seen as her showing her feelings towards her fans or anyone else viewing this to feel a type of emotion towards her views. The emotion created supports Lakoffs theory that women are more emotional than men. Jennifer also shows she cares what people think of her. "I didn't want to seem difficult" could be identified to be a weakness in her personality and also supports the stereotype that women would rather please everyone, This suggests that females do talk differently than men because it is seen that men do not care as much as women in what they say and they don't mind if people disagree.
Jennifer Lawrence also contradicts the theory of Lakoffs in a variety of ways. As you get further in the post it becomes less clear to what gender is actually writing this if you had not already seen it was Jennifer Lawrence. It could be interpreted to be a males Facebook post because of the strong language and tone used. The phrase 'Fuck that' may show she is angered by the situation but also she doesn't really care about offending anyone which is a totally different way of expressing herself than i the first paragraph. She is seen to use swear words a few times in the post which is seen as odd. The reason i say this is because words like 'fuck' are usually assumed to be used more by the male gender.This why Jennifer Lawrence contradicts Lakoffs views.
Do you agree with her conclusion?
I do agree with her conclusion. I believe is true that men can use their dominant language to negotiate deals that they want and women step back as they don't want to make unneeded controversy. Woman can be portrayed wrongly if they acted like men during negotiable situations which i feel is a big problem today which is why i agree greatly with Jennifer Lawrence's ideas and overall conclusion.
Monday, 16 November 2015
Dialect article
Are dialects changing?
If you look at the countries across the world it is easy to recognize that the United Kingdom is a small country in comparison to the others. Because of this people who haven't visited could be easily persuaded to follow the thought everyone speaks and sounds similar, but this is definitely not the case!
The reason for this is the endless variety of different dialects found in the country. A dialect is a language variety belonging to different regional groups. People who have not visited the UK could just think we all sound the same because of its size but instead we have an extreme amount of different dialects.
The endless amounts of dialects is surprising but its not slowing down any time soon. Because of the ways of travelling is now so simple and easy with the different variety of travel in the world more dialects will soon be put upon new people. Another reason for this is because the amount of people leaving their original birth place to get a new job or study at universities across the country. By doing this it is more likely that they will need to adapt to their new area which is likely to me their dialect will also change.
Dialects can also be split into different categories. There is geographical dialect which means the way you talk is effected by the location you live in. Another type of dialect is Social dialect. This is how you talk depending on the class and/or people you are surrounded by.
Some of the most recognizable dialects in the UK are ones like Cockney,Bristolian,Geordie and Brummie. Even though this is just four of the countless amount the UK has on offer they all have a unique way of portraying the English language. The continuation of dialect and accent mixing between cities and countries means are way of communication will become more and more diverse each day.
If you look at the countries across the world it is easy to recognize that the United Kingdom is a small country in comparison to the others. Because of this people who haven't visited could be easily persuaded to follow the thought everyone speaks and sounds similar, but this is definitely not the case!
The reason for this is the endless variety of different dialects found in the country. A dialect is a language variety belonging to different regional groups. People who have not visited the UK could just think we all sound the same because of its size but instead we have an extreme amount of different dialects.
The endless amounts of dialects is surprising but its not slowing down any time soon. Because of the ways of travelling is now so simple and easy with the different variety of travel in the world more dialects will soon be put upon new people. Another reason for this is because the amount of people leaving their original birth place to get a new job or study at universities across the country. By doing this it is more likely that they will need to adapt to their new area which is likely to me their dialect will also change.
Dialects can also be split into different categories. There is geographical dialect which means the way you talk is effected by the location you live in. Another type of dialect is Social dialect. This is how you talk depending on the class and/or people you are surrounded by.
Some of the most recognizable dialects in the UK are ones like Cockney,Bristolian,Geordie and Brummie. Even though this is just four of the countless amount the UK has on offer they all have a unique way of portraying the English language. The continuation of dialect and accent mixing between cities and countries means are way of communication will become more and more diverse each day.
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