Prior to entering this assignment, review Chapter 7 in your textbook. Then, access Sex, Lies, and Conversation (Links to an external site.) by Deborah Tannen (1990). Dr. Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, is the author of seminal You Just Do Not Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (Tannen, 1990). Using terms and concepts from the textbook chapter, write a critical review of Tannen’s arguments.
In your paper, include the following sections:
Introduction
Identify Tannen’s main thesis.
Conclude the paragraph with your own, which should either affirm the thesis and expand upon it or refute it and offer substantive reasons why.
Body
Assess Tannen’s arguments and the evidence she uses to validate them in subsequent paragraphs in relation to this week’s textbook readings.
Analyze the implications of the context-dependent nature of language on public areas such as those Tannen discusses including in terms of gender, fashion, business and law, biology, and other areas of public and private intersection that affect markedness.
Explain whether you agree with Tannen’s assessment on gendered talk and why or why not in no more than one to two paragraphs.
Use personal life examples and/or information from external sources.
Use at least two specific references to conversations or events described by Tannen.
Use at least two specific and explicit references to concepts, terms, and/or ideas from this week’s textbook readings in your analysis and critique of Tannen’s arguments on gender, language, and society.
Incorporate information from at least one Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) in addition to the textbook.
Paraphrase information most of the time; quotes, including conversation transcripts from the chapter, should not be more than 15% of the entire paper.
Conclusion
End your paper with a separate concluding paragraph that summarizes the main points of the paper and reaffirms your thesis statement.
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The Gendered Talk paper
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include a short introductory paragraph which describes the dialect, lists topics that will be covered in the paper in their order, and ends with a succinct thesis statement. Must include a conclusion paragraph.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
Must use at least one scholarly source in addition to the course textbook.
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
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