LINB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tag Question, Formal Language, Holt Renfrew
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Interruption: men interrupt more, adjectives, subordinate status, subordinate status. Studies of interruption *: dubois and crouch. Men use more tag questions than women. Men use as many or more tag questions than women. Different purposes: women use uncertain about what they say / not confident about that topic. Men use it for antagonist: control or sarcasm. Not about how often or who -> more about purpose (why: why you interrupt someone, james and clarke. Didn"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t, looked at studies do(cid:374)e (cid:271)y others. Not about how often you interrupt someone; but purpose behind it. Men report facts and information: zimmerman and west. Supportive vs. non-supportive (deep interruption silence) Found both interrupt: men use non-supportive more than women. Women interrupt to support, tell you that they are listening, keep conversation going: fisherman. In conversations, more men having non-supportive interruption by silence; women tried hard to keep conversation going.
