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| Title: | To what extent does gendered language, male or female dominate women’s communication strategy in Dail Eireann? |
| Author: | Patrick Quinn |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | Birmingham City University |
| Linguistic Field: | Sociolinguistics |
| Abstract: | It has been suggested that women are discriminated against linguistically as a result of the differences in language use between males and females. The consequence of which is a glass ceiling that inhibits women’s progress to positions of power within business and politics as a result of being deemed unable to expresses themselves precisely or forcefully enough. The hypothesis tested here is that to overcome these barriers women adopt communication strategies typical of males, i.e. longer talk time, more interruptions, more direct and less polite speech as being more effective when debating. The study was carried out in Dail Eireann the principle chamber of the Oireachtas, (Irish parliament). It was found that when debating women did not seek to keep interactions flowing smoothly through talk nor did they describe feelings or confidences, attributes normally associated with women’s talk. They did not adopt strategies typical of males either but rather they took on the linguistic norms and traditions associated with the speech community of Dail Eireann, politic speak, codes of practice as it were. It was found that the linguistic traditions of Dail Eireann had more of an impact than those of gender identity. |
| Type: | Individual Paper |
| Status: | Completed |
| Publication Info: | MS |
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