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Difference model

The difference model is a theory of gendered differences in language which sees men and women as inhabiting different 'sub-cultures', resulting in different genderlects (sociolects associated with gender). A major proponent of the model, Deborah Tannen, summarised these differences as contrasting conversational goals: men, she argues, tend towards a…

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related to Theory · 19
Difference model → Cultural Approach, Daniel Maltz, Deborah Tannen, Gumperz, Gumperz's, In, John Gray's Men Are, John Gumperz, Male-Female Miscommunication, Mars, Mary Talbot, Ruth Borker, Talbot, Tannen's, The, Venus, While, Women Are, You Just Don't Understand
related to Independence v. intimacy · 5
Difference model → Let, She, Tannen, The, Women
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Difference model → theory of gendered differences in language which sees men and women as inhabiting different 'sub-cultures

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