Gender-related Differences in Language Use

1. Introduction
2. Definitions: gender/sex and verbal and nonverbal communication
3. Gender differences
a. Biological – brain sex and brain functioning
b. Social – the influence of environment on raising stereotypes and
miscommunication.
4. The research in the field of gender
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b. Braedyn Svecz A.M. (2010, February). Gender Communication. The Impact Gender
Has on Effective Communication. Retrieved January 27, 2011, from
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 Male vs. female communication patterns
c. Burnett, M.J., & Dollar, A. (1989). Business Communication: Strategies for Success.
Houston, Texas: Dane.
 The process of communication
d. Cameron, D. (2007, October). What Language Barrier? Retrieved October 20, 2010,
from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/01/gender.books
e. Clark, D. R. (1997). Communication and Leadership. Retrieved February 6, 2011,
from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadcom.html
f. Eckert P,. McConnell-Ginet S. (2003). Language and Gender. New York: Oxford
University Press.
 Biological differences /p.~ 6/13 MS word)
 Gender as a social construction
g. Głodowski, W. (2001). Komunikowanie Interpersonalne. Warszawa: Hansa
Communication
h. Gray, J. (1992). Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for
Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships, New
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 Tips on problem solving in cross-gender communication
i. Hesse-Biber, S. & Carger, G. L. (2000). Working Women in America: Split dreams.
New York: Oxford University Press.
 Definition of gender
j. Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Woman’s Place. New York: Harper & Row
Publishers Inc.
k. McElhinny, B. (2003). Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic
Anthropology [in:] Holmes, J., Meyerhoff, M. The Handbook of Language and Gender
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008.
m. Mulvaney, B.M. (1994). Gender Differences in Communication: An Intercultural
Experience. Retrieved February 2, 2011, from
http://feminism.eserver.org/gender/cyberspace/gender-differences.txt
 The study of gender and communication
n. Peters, J. D. (1999). Speaking into the air: A history of the idea of communication.
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
o. Phillips KA, Sherwood CC, Lilak AL (2007) Corpus Callosum Morphology in
Capuchin Monkeys Is Influenced by Sex and Handedness. PLoS ONE 2(8): Retreived
February 4, 2011, from
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p. Spolsky, B. (1998). Sociolinguistics, New York: Oxford University Press.
 Gender-related stereotypes
q. Tannen, D. (). Gender and Discourse, New York: Oxford University Press
 Gender differences in conversational coherence – physical alignment and
topical cohesion
r. West, C., Zimmerman, D.H (1987, June). DOING GENDER. Gender and Society, vol.
1, no. 2.
 Definition of sex