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women's language: a standalone construct

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Sociolinguistics

a proposed set of speech features such as hedges and tag questions said to mark women's talk and reflect their social position.

In sociolinguistics, women's language refers to a proposed set of speech features such as hedges and tag questions said to mark women's talk and reflect their social position. This meaning comes from Lakoff (1973) in Language in Society.[1]

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References

Lakoff, R. (1973). Language and woman's place. Language in Society, 2(1), 45-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500000051

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