Language and Sex. Sex differences in language.

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The interaction of social and biological processes in women's and men's speech 3. Gender specific usage of speech 3.1. Phonetical studies 3.2. Grammatical studies 4. Conclusion 1. Introduction The orientation of looking at language variation as different cultural and sociological types, and the development of linguistics in the maturity stages has led to the establishing of a sub discipline in linguistics called sociolinguistics. This branch of linguistics studies the infinite varieties of language within language: age differences, cultural …

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