How do culture and gender affect the way people use and interpret language?
What will be an ideal response?
Regarding culture, consider low- vs. high-context and degrees of formality. Regarding
gender, women tend to be more high-context, more concerned with harmony over task, likelier to
use more words to express an idea, less power-oriented, and more apt to use expressions that
soften straightforwardness. Men talk more, talk longer, interrupt more, and use conversation for
competitive purposes.
You might also like to view...
Factual statements
A) are high-quality inferences. B) are made in anticipation of what will be observed. C) are limited to what is observed. D) can obscure distinctions.
What is wrong with the following central idea:
"What is the history of lacrosse?" a. It uses figurative and ambiguous language. b. It focuses on more than one speech topic. c. It is not a declarative sentence. d. It is an incomplete sentence.
Eye contact does not help us define our relationships with others
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Recent research shows that mixed-gender groups tend to perform better than same-gender groups
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.