Politeness, Power, and Women's L anguage: Rethinking Study in Language and Gender

Abstract

Hundredso f empiricals tudiesi n the past severaly earsh ave documentedth ee xistenceo f genderi nequalitiesin languageu se. The studiesh ave also generatedp uzzlinga nomalies. Sometimesw omen use particularli nguistifc eaturesq- ualifiersf,o re xample-m uchm ore than men,a nd sometimesm en use themm oret hanw omen