inquiry about flirtatious language

[Amy L Sheldon]

Re the WSJ:
Flirting must be as old as the hills as a strategy for getting ahead in a
system, or getting things done.

what's the dividing line between flirting and 'charming the pants off"
someone?
Former has a sexual intention one is ready to follow thru on?
latter doesn't have that intention?

I've noticed students sometimes turn on the 'charm" when they want
something, but it's not a flirt.

For the list, re flirting:  Bill Leap has a piece on receiving and sending
gardar in his authored book of a few years ago.

Amy

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Patricia Sotirin wrote:

> An interesting commentary on a Wall Street Journal article that
> seemed to advocate flirting as a contemporary strategy for ambitious
> women in corporate workplaces is P. Buzzanell, Gendered Practices in
> the Contemporary Workplace: A Critique of What Often Constitutes
> Front Page News in the Wall Street Journal in Management
> Communication Quarterly, 14, 3, February 2001, 517-537.
>
> Patty Sotirin
> Michigan Technological University
>
> >Hi Mary
> >we are looking at flirtatious language in our workplace data but
> >haven't found anything very explicit in the literature on this issue
> >so far..will pass on anything we find
> >
> >Debbie Cameron and Don Kulick's book on language and sexuality has
> >some potentially relevant ideas ...
> >
> >Janet
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mary Bucholtz [mailto:bucholtz at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU]
> >Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 6:39 a.m.
> >To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> >Subject: inquiry about flirtatious language
> >
> >
> >Does anyone have suggestions for this student? Please email me directly and
> >I'll pass on the information to her.
> >
> >Thanks very much,
> >
> >Mary
> >------------------------------------------------
> >
> >I am a student from Germany who studies Anglistics. Within a linguistic
> >course I want to go deeper into the field of language and flirtation. Is
> >there any material about how males tease (in a friendly way) women in order
> >to flirt with them (they enjoy the teasing and complain but insinuating that
> >they should go on). I want to analyse an (informal) mixed-gender
> >conversation. A theoretical background would be a great support for me.
> >Thank you very much for your efforts!!!
> >
> >kind regards
> >
> >Sönke Bussenius
> >
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