Social implications of women's language in media discourse

This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women's speech in a specific type of media discourse - confrontational television interview, their meanings and social implications. The aim of this research is to examine whether linguistic patterns of women's language in media disc...

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Main Authors: Nikolić Melina M., Babić-Antić Jelena B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2019-01-01
Series:Sociološki Pregled
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201904388N.pdf
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author Nikolić Melina M.
Babić-Antić Jelena B.
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description This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women's speech in a specific type of media discourse - confrontational television interview, their meanings and social implications. The aim of this research is to examine whether linguistic patterns of women's language in media discourse comprise the basic features of women's language and which ones, as well as to identify their functions and social implications. The methodological framework draws on Critical Discourse Analysis and the three-dimensional model which analyses the corpus as (1) text, (2) discursive practice, and (3) social practice. The research starts with the assumption that, if the relationship between discourse and society is dialectical, i.e. discourse constitutes society, and is itself influenced by society, changes in the former inevitably cause changes in the latter. Consequently, if women's social position is reflected in their language, and vice versa, we assume that changes in the social position of women are also reflected in the language they use. Also, by generating changes in the discourse, women can improve their position in society. The results obtained from the analysis largely confirm the initial assumption.
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spelling doaj.art-177edc3699344d478cbc75719df99d7d2022-12-21T21:36:00ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802019-01-01534138814160085-63201904388NSocial implications of women's language in media discourseNikolić Melina M.0Babić-Antić Jelena B.1Alfa BK univerzitet, Fakultet za strane jezike, Beograd, SerbiaUniverzitet u Prištini s privremenim sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici, Filozofski fakultet, Katedra za engleski jezik i književnost, Kosovska Mitrovica, SerbiaThis paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women's speech in a specific type of media discourse - confrontational television interview, their meanings and social implications. The aim of this research is to examine whether linguistic patterns of women's language in media discourse comprise the basic features of women's language and which ones, as well as to identify their functions and social implications. The methodological framework draws on Critical Discourse Analysis and the three-dimensional model which analyses the corpus as (1) text, (2) discursive practice, and (3) social practice. The research starts with the assumption that, if the relationship between discourse and society is dialectical, i.e. discourse constitutes society, and is itself influenced by society, changes in the former inevitably cause changes in the latter. Consequently, if women's social position is reflected in their language, and vice versa, we assume that changes in the social position of women are also reflected in the language they use. Also, by generating changes in the discourse, women can improve their position in society. The results obtained from the analysis largely confirm the initial assumption.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201904388N.pdflinguistic meansgender studieslanguage and gendercritical discourse analysisconfrontational interview
spellingShingle Nikolić Melina M.
Babić-Antić Jelena B.
Social implications of women's language in media discourse
Sociološki Pregled
linguistic means
gender studies
language and gender
critical discourse analysis
confrontational interview
title Social implications of women's language in media discourse
title_full Social implications of women's language in media discourse
title_fullStr Social implications of women's language in media discourse
title_full_unstemmed Social implications of women's language in media discourse
title_short Social implications of women's language in media discourse
title_sort social implications of women s language in media discourse
topic linguistic means
gender studies
language and gender
critical discourse analysis
confrontational interview
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201904388N.pdf
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