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*Men v women

language

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*The material that we used to obtain the

information needed were:

two pictures A questionnaire

A tape recorder

A video recorder

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* The questions used

for both pictures were

the same

*Describe the picture

*What do you feel when

you see it?

*What do you like about

it and what would you

change of it?

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*The tape recorder used in this section will

examine a sample of the natural way they

speak without they knowthis is T!" A#A$%&'&() A *'+"D ,(#-".&AT'(# &A*/$"

*'n our investigation we choose to interview a

couple0a group of girls0a group of boys0 agroup of adults men0a group of women 0also we

recheard an only man and a only woman

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*1uestionnaire

*We choose these questions to ask to people :

*What topics do you like speak when you are

with your friend

*Who do you think speak more men or women

*Do you think there are differences in the way

of interaction between women and men

*Who is most polite women or men

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*Lexical hedges or fillers: ie you know2 sort of2

well2 you see

**en: yo veo,bueno, yo creo,ehh,este,yyyno,depende,pero,queee,mumm no creo,siii,

despuej de ,no bueno,claro,tambien,y que,y

no,ehp,puej, ehhh,ohh,uhh,deeeh

*women : ahhh,noo,aiyy,creo,talve,pues,todo,no

se mumm no,claro,depende,ambos,si ii,creoque,parecen,este,mientras que,claro,humm,es

que,porquee,de este,digamos,ehhh,

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*Tag questions eg &he is very nice0 isn3t she?

**en : se ve,no!,como? y no0 si ? creo ?

*"omen: no se?0 no ve?0si?0como es ? 0

*

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*#mpty adjectives: eg divine0 charming0 cute

*We noticed that men used more ad4etives than

women**en :bellisimo0muy bonito0bien bonito0 muy

despota0muy bueno0 sed0 tranquilidad0 sue5o0

tragedia0 pena0 felicidad0 lastima0 horror0

hermoso0 sensible0malo

timida0armonia0pa60delicade6a0debilidad0belle6a

*Women bien bonito0muy bonito0pena triste6a0

rabia0 ternura0 pa60delicadas0sensible

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*$recise colour terms: eg magenta0

aquamarine

*7ust men tend to be more expressive in the

used of color

**en: ro4o y verde0un poco mas ro4ito

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*%ntensifiers such as justand so& 'orexample:

*Men : muy ,mucho,bien,bueno,,mas

bien,mejor,biensisimo

*"omen : mucho,

buenisimo,bueno,muy,mejor,muy lleno,

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*!ypercorrect grammar0 consistent use of

standard use of verb form

*8oth men and women use such these words

**e podria 0sera que podria

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*&uper polite forms

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*(voidance of strong swear words: e&g&

fudge0 my goodness

*We noticed that women tried to avoid the useswear wodrs replace these with these other

words 0mieee05ieee0pucha

*Also men use the same way0like these words

uta0puchamiercoles0

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*#mphatic stress:eg 't was 8.'$$'A#T

performance

*The women used more emphasis in certain

parts of their expressions like these phrases:

*son peor que 0quien esta me4or 0quien es mas0

me da mucha0es muchisimo me4or

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*(re women morepolite than men!

According to our interviews 0

*ost of the people think:

women are polite 9;