Deborah Tannen Text Analysis

Deborah Tannen Text AnalysisRationaleThis undertaking links to part two verbiage and mass intercourse and the topic of stereotypes. It explores how media shapes gender stereotypes. The nature of the task is an online opinion article from the feminist blog Jezebel. The author criticises linguistic professor Deborah Tannens books, stating that the media creates situations of miscommunication between men and women which are mistily based on reality. Thus, the task critically investigates the handling of gender stereotypes in a range of media both Tannens scholarly works and the online article.The text type was elect as online media fosters a critical discussion of gender stereotypes through the ability to comment. The task contains comments that feature contrasting tones and syntax, highlighting the controversial nature of gender stereotypes. The task was inspired by Megan Carpentlers Jezebel article On George shit And The Profound Power of Language, mirrored in formal qualities an d the title.The target audience of Jezebel is young and likeminded feminists due to it beingness an online publication, demonstrated through the use of popular culture allusions, such as Sex and the metropolis. The task features Jezebels typical conversational and ironic tone which allows the reader to feeling a personal connection with the author, achieved through the use of contractions and rhetorical questions, and exemplified in hyperbolic phrases such as women use hidden directives or, I mean, I think they could, maybe. The voice of the task shifts to persuasive in the last paragraphs of the article, as the author argues that the media causes gender stereotypes. This argumentative tone is achieved through logos and hypophora, such as What came first, the language or the patriarchy? after which the author reiterates their opinion in stating the patriarchy came first. Thus, the aim of the task is to persuade the reader of the authors opinion. 300 rowing.Works CitedCarpentler, Megan. On George Tiller And The Profound Power of Language. Jezebel. Jezebel, 6 Jan. 2009. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. .Works Cited Images UsedFundraising Ideas for Social well(p)ice MobileCause. MobileCause. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. .Studio Portrait of Young Woman. Getty Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. .On Deborah Tannen and the Profound Power of LanguageJane Carter7/03/16Women what do they want?Thats a question thats plagued not only hundreds of clueless husbands and boyfriends on Valentines Day, anniversaries, or other celebrations.Yet, why is that all men seem to be so clueless when it comes to generalizeing half of the earths population?Let psychologist, linguist, and Georget cause professor Deborah Tannen enlighten you its all in your words.The writer of bestsellers with catchy, fun titles such as You Just Dont Understand Women and Men in Conversation and Thats Not what I Meant How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships both works read across the country in t he eighties and nineties by millions of frustrated middle-aged mothers- has long stated that women and men are two tribes headed for war. Men and women will never be adapted to understand each other, and its all because of our language and conversational style, says Tannen.Men see language as a way of asserting dominance, Tannen writes, whereas women simply see it as a way of confirming ideas never creating their own, obviously. Women are only capable of merely asserting the thoughts of others. Women see language as a means of empathy and providing activated support, whereas strong, independent men only ever use their language to solve real problems. Men are only concerned with facts we all know women are far too emotional to deal with hard-core knowledge. How could we, anyhow, when all we ever do is use our language to communicate our feelings or converse with others about their own feelings? It is also a well-known fact that men use imperatives, Tannen says, whereas women use hi dden directives or, I mean, I guess they could, maybe.But, what does this mean? Does gender inequality halt from grammar and syntax? Can we emotional women, with our hidden directives, blame ourselves and our language for the patriarchy?Tannen might be shouting Yes Look at the transcripts I have cause, and she might very well be true. Gender differences do affect language, though what came first, the language or the patriarchy?Let us first rede gender it is merely a construct.We live in a world where we colour-code our children in desperation to keep the gender binary system going, and we divide everything harmonize to gender cats are feminine, dogs are masculine, toy cars are for boys, and dolls are for girls. The division carries on into stereotypes women are social, men are commanding, girls are emotional, boys are rational.From Sex and the City to What Women Want, these stereotypes are reflected in the media and broadcasted left, right, and centre. Men and women are shown to be polar opposites, completely unable to understand each other, and its all because of their language. Middle-aged women speak like prepubescent teenage girls, using words such as sort of or the ever-present filler like minor interjections that show women are active listeners, says Tannen, and caring, domestic, beings. Men- if they intercourse to each other at all- are commanding and avoid confronting their feelings because they are, after all, far too driven by problem-solving and real problems, not their miniscule emotions.The do of times I have seen or heard married couplings bicker and argue on televised sitcoms is ridiculous, and its the same pattern every time men dont understand what women are saying, and women cant seem to comprehend what men mean. Be it for comedic purpose or otherwise, these stereotypes and seemingly innate differences in language, or conversational styles as Tannen puts it, were cut inside of all of our heads from a very young age, and the effect is m omentous.The classic example is the exchange of Whats wrong? Nothing. Picture the scene a married couple utters those phrases. Who asks the question, and who settlements it?I can guarantee you three things. Firstly, you pictured a man and woman. Secondly, you imagined the woman answering. Thirdly, she probably didnt have a very nice tone of voice.Am I a magician, really good at guessing, or is there more to the issue than it seems?The phrase nothing haunts millions of married men, as those two words are built to never truly mean nothing because, as Tannen has showed us, womens speech is loaded with complex meaning, ready to be enciphered by mens rational brains, so far it seems men are never quite able to do so, perhaps because nothing simply means nothing nothing more and nothing less, scorn the media often portraying quite the opposite.The media creates these situations of miscommunication between men and women. Although vaguely based on reality, one can hardly argue that they accurately depict this wonderfully complex world we live in. Generalisation is a dangerous thing, and yet, Tannen devises equally generalised assumptions and psychological theories to explain this division of language broadcasted in the media and transferred to real life.To answer the previous question I asked, the patriarchy came first, and Tannens work did nothing but compose a deeper division between men and women that the media was already keen on creating.We arent two tribes heading for war. Men arent from Mars, and women arent from Venus. Perhaps someone should explain to Mrs. Tannen that there are extra-terrestrial forms of life. We all are, in fact, from planet Earth our lovely home with its wonderful entrenched sexism.CommentsMarline 7.03.2016Tannens work did nothing but compose a deeper division between men and women.What? Im pretty sure Tannen isnt some weirdo on Reddit Tannen isnt a man-hater, and she isnt some woman-hater either, shes just a psychologistDisappointing article, youve totally over-analysed her lolJSev 7.03.2016i take AP Psych and her work is SO sexist try READING it its horrible lmaoJessica L. 8.03.2016agree with you lack we didnt use psychology as evidence for sexism. makes me sad to think people believe her media brainwashed us..