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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gender differences are social constructs? I too used
to subscribe to this view, at least in intellectual discourse. Nonetheless, there
is a large body of evidence in the field of evolutionary psychology that says
gender differences are rooted in the biological differences between men and
women. Worth taking a look at, even if you remain ideologically unconvinced. David
Buss has written a useful textbook entitled Evolutionary Psychology, which
would be a good place to start.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Terry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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corpora-bounces@uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>M.E.Sciubba<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 26, 2008
9:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> corpora@uib.no<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Corpora-List] FW:
Gender differences in language</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>>Mueller: there is a language (I think it is even
written) in the <st1:place w:st="on">Atlantic</st1:place><br>
Coast of <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place> called Gari'fona in
which girls would<br>
exclusively use different words for the same objects. I wonder if they<br>
would be then more biological than other girls or what is it that<br>
could be interpreted from it<br>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>generally :] speaking gender differences in language
are acquired during the socalled "socialization age", that is when
small children learn to speak and to interact with the people around them, so
gender differences are social constructs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>if you google eckert gender you will have a list of
sociolinguists who have done research on language and gender.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>anyway, japanese also has gendered lexis...<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>M.Eleonora Sciubba</span></font></i></b></em><font
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Dipartimento di Linguistica <br>
Università Roma Tre <br>
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>For last year's words belong to last year's
language and next year's words await another voice</span></i> (T. S. Eliot)</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>2008/3/26, Albretch Mueller <<a
href="mailto:lbrtchx@gmail.com">lbrtchx@gmail.com</a>>:</span></font></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">EVANSTON</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Ill.</st1:State></st1:place> --- Although researchers
have long agreed that girls have<br>
> superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly<br>
> provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.<br>
~<br>
there is a language (I think it is even written) in the <st1:place w:st="on">Atlantic</st1:place><br>
Coast of <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place> called Gari'fona in
which girls would<br>
exclusively use different words for the same objects. I wonder if they<br>
would be then more biological than other girls or what is it that<br>
could be interpreted from it<br>
~<br>
I know my comments may sound more than half way off but this is how<br>
some, pseudo scientific propositions sound to me<br>
~<br>
There are obvious "biological differences" between girls and boys as<br>
there are all kinds of differences among people, but is it really what<br>
makes of "different" or one?<br>
~<br>
lbrtchx<br>
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