Investigating the Distinction of Phonetic and Lexical-Grammatical Features in Masculine and Feminine Speech in English

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Department of Contrastive Linguistics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

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In this paper, we examine one of the trickiest and least understood topics: the distinctions between men's and women's speech. Even though the subject of gender's impact on language has been around for a while, there are still many areas that need investigation. Only a few aspects of English speech patterns used by men and women have been examined in this paper. We have already mentioned a few recent developments in the English language, but this problem needs closer examination, which is why it will be covered in-depth in a later study. Since the differences in speech are most noticeable at these levels, morphological, phonetic, and lexical features are the main areas of study when examining the characteristics of male and female speech. Certain traits of English people, their mindset, and their history will become clearer with the help of a thorough linguistic analysis of gender features. The path of democracy, which entails streamlining the social structure and instituting formal equality for all demographic groups, has been adopted by English society. Further research is necessary in this area as there is currently insufficient evidence to support the claim that the two language variants differ phonetically.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Applied Linguistics (ICRAL 2023), October 30, 2023, Kazan, Russia
October 2023
Pages 374-377

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