Communicative Speech Acts Within Men and Women. a Comparative Study in Language and Gender

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 30, , course: Research, language: English, abstract: This paper investigates the vibrant area in the observed application of language and gender in our speech communities highlighting the comparative differences which have crystallized communicative speech acts within men and women. The qualitative data was achieved through questionnaire survey. The sample of the study consisted of 50 males and females which they were selected randomly. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS program. The findings of the study revealed that, language and gender is a common phenomenon in various communities highlighting interesting differences in communication behaviors between men and women, spotting the relationship between language and our perspective about men and women and withstanding commonly articulated views on language and gender. This study recommends that similar investigations and studies be conducted serving as a point of departure towards further investigation and studies on language and gender.