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ERIC ED383164: A Study on Gender and Language: Conventions of Perce... |
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This study examined the stereotypes held by American |
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native English-speaking students at the Monterey |
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Institute of International Studies (MIIS) about gender |
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and language. Captions from 14 cartoons in 1993 issues of |
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"The New Yorker" magazine were used to elicit subjects' |
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stereotypes. The issue of whether there would be a |
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difference between male and female subjects with respect |
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to the frequency with which they assigned a particular |
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gender to the speaker of each caption was researched, as |
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well as the reasons they gave for their decision to |
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assign a particular gender to the speakers. Only those |
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cartoons in which there were two adult characters and one |
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line of speech were used. Using a two-way Chi-square, the |
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researchers analyzed feedback from the subjects (n=20) |
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based on a form on which the cartoon captions were |
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listed. The subject responses were also analyzed in terms |
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of the reasons that they gave for assigning a particular |
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gender to each caption. In only one case was a |
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statistically significant difference found for the |
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frequency with which subjects assigned a particular |
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gender to the speaker of a given caption. Some |
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stereotypes held by both men and women about the way |
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different genders use language were unexpected. Appended |
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is the test instrument, chi-square calculations on |
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frequency of gender, choice of speaker, and speaker |
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choices. (Contains 11 references.) (CK) |
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Date Published: 2014-10-13 04:44:31 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED383164 |
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Item Size: 22548934 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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ERIC Archive; Cartoons; Chi Square; D... |
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