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Synthesize sociolinguistic research on gender differences in communication, focusing on specific features of women's speech and politeness strategies within the Minangkabau cultural framework.

January 28, 2021Journal of Cultura and LinguaOpen Access

Gender and Communication: Some Features of Women’s Speech

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YYYusrita YantiUniversitas Bung Hatta

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Linguistic review uncovers distinct speech features and hedges used by women to mitigate face-threatening acts, highlighting the role of cultural politeness maxims in gendered communication.

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Synthesize sociolinguistic research on gender differences in communication, focusing on specific features of women's speech and politeness strategies within the Minangkabau cultural framework.
Conducted a comparative sociolinguistic analysis of prior literature examining male and female speech patterns.
Evaluated speech features against Minangkabau community politeness maxims and cultural norms of direct versus indirect criticism.
Applied the Brown and Levinson (1987) politeness framework to analyze how women utilize hedges to minimize face-threatening acts.
Women frequently employ hedging strategies as politeness markers to actively soften discourse and reduce face-threatening acts.
Minangkabau cultural discourse exhibits distinct politeness maxims that regulate direct and indirect criticism differently compared to other cultural speech patterns.

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Yusrita Yanti (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aadf07b537e7deed64f6545 https://doi.org/10.37301/culingua.v2i1.69

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Linguistic review uncovers distinct speech features and hedges used by women to mitigate face-threatening acts, highlighting the role of cultural politeness maxims in gendered communication.

Gender and Communication: Some Features of Women’s Speech

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Gender and Communication: Some Features of Women’s Speech

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