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Cross-Cultural Studies of Language & Gender

Cross-Cultural Studies of Language & Gender. Chapter 8 Nancy Bonvillain. Cross Cultural Differences. There are significant cross-cultural differences in both language & style Distinctions are shown and in prevailing degrees of divergence between the genders. Gender-Exclusive Patterns.

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Cross-Cultural Studies of Language & Gender

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  1. Cross-Cultural Studies of Language & Gender Chapter 8 Nancy Bonvillain

  2. Cross Cultural Differences • There are significant cross-cultural differences in both language & style • Distinctions are shown and in prevailing degrees of divergence between the genders

  3. Gender-Exclusive Patterns • Earliest- Native Carib people of the Lesser Antilles • Some body parts • Pronunciation differences- The Chukchee • Gender distinctions- Native American languages

  4. Linguistic and Stylistic Preferences • Language is situated in culture & images of gender are created through culture • Case studies: • Japanese • Javanese • Malagasy • Kuna • Samoan

  5. Images of Gender Linguistic Form • French • German • Spanish • Russian • Mohawk • Japanese

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