Difference model

Who proposed the difference model?

Deborah Tannen

What is meant by order v proposal?

Men are direct by using imperatives and women avoid imperatives and commanding tones

What is meant by conflict v compromise?

Men are more likely to use language to argue a point and women are more likely to negotiate

What is meant by information v feelings?

Men are more likely to be factual in their speech than women

Who studied overt and covert prestige?

Peter Trudgill and Jenny Cheshire

When did Trudgill and Cheshire do their study?

1982

What did Trudgill and Cheshire say about women's speech?

Women are mor

What did Trudgill and Cheshire say about men's speech?

Men are more likely to drop /h/ sounds and use non standard forms

What reason did Trudgill and Cheshire give for the particular features of men and women's speech?

Women are more status conscious or because of society's expectations of them and their subordinate role

What is overt prestige?

Behaviour or speech that is deemed respectable and socially desirable

What is covert prestige?

Behaviour or speech that goes against society's norms or conventions