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Recently gender differences in language use have reached the forefront of social research, even though variations in language tuse between the sexes has been observed for centures. Proverbs such as "a woman's toungue wags like a lamb's tail" historically attest to supposed differences-usually inferiorities-in women's speech, and by implication, in their thinking when compared with men's. Vocabulary, swearing and use of taboo language, pronunciation, and verbosity have all been said to illustrate gender differences in language. only within the last two decades, however, have scholars of the social use of language paid serious attention to the variation between men's and women's language and the social factors that contribute to these differences.
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12th July 2002, 19:10
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