Research ArticleOpen AccessGoogle Scholar indexed
Gender Difference in Hedging: A Corpus-Based Study to TED Talks about Emotion
Baoding University, Baoding, China
Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 1 Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 2 Baoding University, Baoding, China
Creative Education·Volume 11 (2020)·Pages 2106–2115·Published 13 October 2020·DOI10.4236/ce.2020.1110153
Copy link · social · email
Abstract
In the development of linguistics , many experts tried to identify the gender difference in language use from different perspectives. Many studies show that different genders have different preference when choosing hedging words to express their stands. But recently some other researches doubted the existence of such gender difference in pragmatic. This study established a corpus and analyzed 12 TED talks delivered by different genders and tried to find out whether the gender difference in hedging words exist. The result shows that gender difference does exist in word choice and lexical diversit y. This study may shed some light for the following study to continue the research of gender difference from the angle of word choice.
KeywordsCorpusGender DifferenceHedgingTED Talk
- Albaqami, S. E. S. (2017). How Grasping Gender-Related Aspects of Speech Is Increased by Multi-Modal Text Analysis—A Case Study. Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 8, 6611-6614.
- Aull, L. L., & Lancaster, Z. (2014). Linguistic Markers of Stance in Early and Advanced Academic Writing: A Corpus-Based Comparison. Written Communication, 31, 151-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088314527055
- Banker, C., & Gournelos, T. (2013). TED Talks and the Need for a Changing Education System (p. 80). Rollins College Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Program, 2013 Annual Report.
- Canary, D. J., & Hause, K. S. (1993). Is There Any Reason to Research Sex Differences in Communication? Communication Quarterly, 41, 129-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463379309369874
- Hassani, M. T., & Dastjani Farahani, M. (2014). A Discourse Analysis of Gender Differences in the Use of Hedging Devices in Applied Linguistics Research Articles. English Language Teaching, 1, 59-73.
- Holmes, J. (1986). Functions of You Know in Women’s and Men’s Speech. Language in Society, 15, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500011623
- Hyland, K. (1995). The Author in the Text: Hedging Scientific Writing. Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 18, 33-42.
- Hyland, K. (1996). Writing without Conviction? Hedging in Science Research Articles. Applied Linguistics, 17, 433-454. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/17.4.433
- Karlsson, S. (2007). Gender-Related Differences in Language Use.
- Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Women’s Place. New York: Harper & Row.
- Mostofee, S., & Pour, S. R. (2016). The Effect of Context on Iranian EFL Students’ Amount of Speech Production of English Language and Their Ways of Using Hedging Devices. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7, 51-67. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.4p.51
- Nemati, A., & Bayer, J. M. (2007). Gender Differences in the Use of Linguistic Forms: A Comparative Study of Persian and English. South Asian Language Review, 9, 30-38.
- Newman, M. L., Groom, C. J., Handelman, L. D., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2008). Gender Differences in Language Use: An Analysis of 14,000 Text Samples. Discourse Processes, 45, 211-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/01638530802073712
- Nivales, M. L. M. (2011). Hedging in College Research Papers: Implications for Language Instruction. Asian EFL Journal, 52, 35-45.