A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE LANGUAGE USE OF 400 LEVEL STUDENTS
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE LANGUAGE USE OF 400 LEVEL STUDENTS
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2010-10
Authors
BAMAIYI, ESTHER EDEBO
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Abstract
The thrust of this study is a sociolinguistic analysis of the gender on
language use. The method of investigation used for this study is
questionnaire and audio-recoding. This study has established the fact
that the differences between male and female in ways of interacting
often leads to wrong notions, meanings and interpretations given to
certain statements and gestures. It was also discovered that the
differences between male female in the aspects of turn taking, use of
minimal responses, use of questions, shift between topics, loud and
aggressive arguments, often result in miscommunication and
misinterpretation and when this happens, it leads to breakdown in
communication.
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A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES,
FACULTY OF ARTS AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
(B.A. HONS) IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Keywords
SOCIOLINGUISTIC,, ANALYSIS,, INFLUENCE,, GENDER,, LANGUAGE,, USE,, 400 LEVEL,, STUDENTS