Transmen , Transwomen & Talk
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TRANSMEN,
TRANSWOMEN & TA
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nature vs nurture
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women’s languageExpressing Self• affective vocabulary love, good, bad,
nervous• self-disclose more thoughts, feelings• elaborate
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women’s languageSelf-Confidence Level• hedges sort of, pretty,
somewhat• tag questions “I didn’t think so, did
you?”• adverbials at the
start actually, really
• amplifiers very, really, totally
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women’s languageRelationships• personal pronouns I, you, we• do not interrupt • express support “You did such a good
job”• mirror back what other
says“You mean that …”
• more correct grammar (middle class)
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women’s languageKeep conversation going?• minimal responses mmhmm, yeah,
right• ask questions • think about how answer
will be perceivedpoliteness: sorry, I think
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women’s emotional languagePeople sold him poison that was supposedly peaceful poison. I mean he really -- he was so desperate to end the pain. That's the most important thing, that Matthew was in such excruciating emotional and physical pain and he just wanted the pain to stop.
--Kay, cis-female
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men’s languageExpressing self • precise, informative “That happened about
two years ago”
Self-confidence level
• fillers, adverbials at the beginning
well, “I think we should …”
• taboo language, swearing
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men’s languageRelationships • interrupt • directives/imperatives Hand me that
book.• less correct grammar (working class)
Keep conversation going?• infrequent minimal
responsesfew mmhms
• talk more frequently & longer
• wait to be asked questions
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emotional men’s languageI think the first stage is shock. And for us, shock still happens. But, for at least the first month, is I kept waiting for Matthew to come in the door. Go, "When's my son going to walk in?" I just couldn't believe that it happened. It was so sudden.
--Rick, cis-male
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this language studySTANCE: emotion & attitudeEmotion• Expressive words,
self-disclosure, support
Judgements • Self-expression,
elaborating
Quantity Words (amplifiers and hedges)• Self-confidence
Politeness
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text bankEmotional interviews
with:25 TGMs15 cismales15 cisfemales
Total: 285,000 words(50 hours of
conversation)
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computer analysis• StanceSearch computer
program identifies 1,300 emotion and attitude words
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category 1: emotion wordsPositive emotions: care, faith, fortunate,
happy, hope, I like, I love, proud, support, trust
Negative emotions: afraid, alone, angry, anxious, distressing, fear, grief, hate, hurt, mad, miss, nervous, pain, painful, regret, sad, scared, sorry, tired, upset, worried
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Who are the TGMs most like in using EMOTION words?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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emotionTGMs are like cismales
cis-males transmen cis-females0.00
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cisfemales emotion
positive negativecare angryfortunate anxioushappy distressinghope hurtproud nervoussupport sorry
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results #1used the most …
TGMs were like …
Emotions cis-females cis-males
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category 2 positive judgement words
amazing, beautiful, best, better, funny, good, great, important, interesting, lucky, nice, perfect, right, strong, success, successful, wonderful
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Who are TGMs most like for POSITIVE JUDGEMENT words?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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positive judgement TGMs are like cisfemales
cis-males transmen cis-females0.000.501.001.502.002.503.003.504.004.505.00
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positive judgement
cisfemale TGMfunnybeautiful goodimportant importantinteresting interestinglucky luckynice niceperfect perfect
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results #2Used the most …
TGMs were like …
Emotions cisfemales cismales
Positive Judgement
TGM, cisfemales
cisfemales
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category 3: negative judgement
awful, bad, challenge, crazy, difficult, horrible, odd, problem, risk, serious, silly, strange, stupid, terrible, tragic, trouble, weird, worst, wrong
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Who are TGMs most like for NEGATIVE JUDGEMENT words?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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negative judgement: TGMs are like cismales
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negative judgement
cisfemalesbad sillychallenge
strangehorrible stupidserious terrible
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results #3Used the most words
TGMs were like …
Emotions cisfemales cismalesNegative Judgement
cisfemales
cismales
Positive Judgement
TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
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category 4: amplifiers
absolutely, at all, all, always, any, deep, definitely, even, ever, full, high, main, most, mostly, much, never, nothing, only, really, single, so, too, totally, ultimately, very, very very, whole
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Who are the TGMs most like for AMPLIFIERS?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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amplifiers: TGMs are like cisfemales
cis-males transmen cis-females02468
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amplifiers
TGMcisfemales
alwaysabsolutely
definitely neverreally sototally very
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results #4Used the most words
TGMs were like …
Emotions cisfemales cismalesNegative Judgement
cisfemales cismales
Positive Judgement
TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
Amplifiers
TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
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category 5: hedges
a bit, a lot, about, almost, just, kind of, like, maybe, more, necessarily, often, possible, possibly, pretty, probably, particularly, question, quite, relatively, seem, simply, sometimes, somewhat, sort of, such a, usually, well
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Who are the TGMs most like for HEDGES?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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HedgesTGMs are unique
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hedges
TGMa lot prettyjust probablykind of questionlike seemnecessarily well
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And I don’t do a lot of political things like I use to. I think some of it is disillusionment but some of it also is like what you said you know. Ok that’s cool if we could get married. That would be great. However, it would even better if we could just walk down the street without getting shot. You know there are things that are much more important than other things
--Josh, TGM
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results #5Used the most words
TGMs were like …
Emotions cisfemales cismales Negative Judgement
cisfemales cismales
Positive Judgement
TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
Amplifiers TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
Hedges TGM neither
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category 6 politeness
fine, glad, regret, sorry, thank, thankful
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Who are the TGMs most like in POLITENESS words?
CIS-MALES CIS-FEMALES
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politenessTGMs are like cismales
CM TGM CF0
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politeness
cisfemalesthanksthankfulsorry
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SUMMING UP THE RESULTSUsed the most words
TGMs were like …
Emotions cisfemales cismalesNegative Judgement
cisfemales cismales
Politeness cisfemales cismales
Positive Judgement
TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
Amplifiers TGM & cisfemales
cisfemales
Hedges TGM Neither
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TGM -- emotional language
If they say they really feel like, you know,
their gender identity is a problem, a birth defect that needs to be
corrected, I think that’s very sad.
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what this means if you are a transman …To sound more masculine:• Use fewer hedges (maybe, I think,
somewhat, etc.)• Use fewer adjectives and positive
emotion wordsMatch your/your client’s language to men you want to emulate: BALANCE
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what this means if you are a transwomanIn emotional contexts with other
women:• use more emotional language• make more judgements about
things• hedge/amplify more• use politeness markers
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Context• more feminine language with other
women, close family• less feminine language in mixed
company, at work
BALANCE masculine and feminine language
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nature vs nurtureNature for Emotion, Negative Judgement
& Politeness?Nurture for Positive Judgement &
Amplifiers?What about Hedges?
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future directionsWe need more research on transwomenResearch is completely anonymous and would take a couple hours of time.If you would be willing to be interviewed or have clients who might be interviewed, please give me your name and and info or email me and I’ll send you information.
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