Women’s Language

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Department of Linguistics, Islamic Azad Universisy, Central Tehran Branch
Abstract
In this paper language and gender is studied to understand whether the notion of "women’s language" exists? To do this, first the results of research on gender differences in speech styles are briefly mentioned. Then the rate of men and women’s speech power is examined in terms of some linguistic features and finally, considering the stated contradictions, absence of a direct relationship between the linguistic form and it’s communicative function and  the definition of gender as a set of discourses or ideological constructs, the answer to the above question is put forward.

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