Tag questions and gender
Goals
The conversational styles of men and women are a key area of study in the two major English Language A-level specifications. Students are encouraged to analyse examples of conversation, informed by their study of some of the major research into deficit, dominance, difference and social constructionist models.
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Tag questions and gender: Project
Introduction
The following is an outline of a number of questions that could be asked while putting together an investigation into tag questions.
Read the extract by Robin Lakoff in Language and gender: an advanced resource book (J.Sunderland, Routledge, 2006) which is reproduced in the handout at the bottom of this page.