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Isla Flores-Bayer – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Because language, as a method of communication, is a two-way channel involving both speakers and listeners, a methodical study of linguistic variation should involve an analysis of both, how it is expressed and how it is interpreted. Furthermore, because language is known to vary between individuals (inter-speaker variation) as well as at the…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Language Styles, Audio Equipment
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Mishina, Satomi – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Discusses the claim that male/female speech style differences in Japanese have the function of indexing the social role of the speaker and that identifying oneself as belonging to the male or female gender has no implication of a higher or lower status in society. The interview's findings imply that students need to be informed of the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Females, Interpersonal Relationship