Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.47960/2831- 0322.2024.2.28.7
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON WOMEN’S TALK IN THE TV SERIES “SEX AND THE CITY”
Katarina Živković
orcid.org/0009-0004-4383-1338
; University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivana Grbavac
; University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivana Zovko-Bošnjak
; University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Research on language use and differences between male and female
speech has quite a long tradition. Nevertheless, the topic
is still intriguing, sometimes even scandalous, depending on
the social and cultural context. The paper aims at better understanding
of women’s talk and discovering subtle distinctions
and characteristics of female conversations. It seeks to show
how women communicate among friends, which characteristics
they use and in what amount. The collection of texts is
taken from the TV series “Sex and the City”. The initial hypothesis
states that the most used characteristics of women’s
talk in conversation among women is telling stories, but the
results showed that the most used characteristics in conversations
among women friends are questions / tag questions. Second
most used characteristics is collaborative floor, and telling
stories came in the third place.
Keywords
gender studies; male and female speech; women; telling stories; sociolinguistics
Hrčak ID:
331621
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2024.
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