English Language A Level: Theorists

Otto Jespersen

Deficit Theorist

Dominance Theorist

Difference Theorist

Robin Lakoff

Deficit Theorist

Difference Theorist

Dominance Theorist

O'Barr and Bowman

Deficit Theorist

Dominance Theorist

Difference Theorist

Deborah Tannen

Difference Theorist

Dominance Theorist

Deficit Theorist

Keith and Shuttleworth

Difference Theorists

Dominance Theorists

Deficit Theorists

Zimmerman and West

Dominance Theorists

Difference Theorists

Deficit Theorists

Geoffrey Beattie

Dominance Theorist

Difference Theorist

Deficit Theorist

Dale Spender

Dominance Theorist

Deficit Theorist

Difference Theorist

Pamela Fishman

Dominance Theorist

Deficit Theorist

Difference Theorist

Jennifer Coates

Dominance Theorist

Difference Theorist

Deficit Theorist

Otto Jespersens Main Ideas

- Women talk a lot - Men's language is normal and women deviate from this - Women have a smaller vocabulary and know it so well that they speak faster - Novels by women are easier to read because they use smaller words

- Men and women are equal - Men talk more than women - Women are intelligent and have a large vocabulary

Robin Lakoff's Main Ideas

- Women are less powerful because they are socialised into behaving ladylike which deviates from the powerful stance - Mens language is more prestigious and desirable

- Women are more powerful than men because they are ladylike - Women are more prestigious because they are more powerful and therefore more desirable

Deborah Tannen's Main Ideas

- Men seek status, women seek support - Men seek independence, women seek intimacy - Men seek advice, women seek understanding - Men seek information, women seek feelings - Men give orders, women give proposals

- Men seek support, women seek status - Men are more in touch with their feelings - Women seek Information, men seek understanding - Men seek intimacy, women seek independence

Dale Spence's Main Ideas

- Male superiority is a myth but male power is not

- Male power is a myth but male superiority is not

English Language A Level: Theorists

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