The influence of age in indirectness of women speech
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2011
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Indirectness is indispensable in human language because speakers not always to
say exactly what they mean. It is the vital part of human language irrespective of
gender either they are males or females they use indirectness in their conversation. It is
now widely accepted mostly women prefer to hint at their meanings rather than stating
them directly. Deborah Tannen has suggested American women use more indirectness,
and are therefore sensitive to its use by others. It may be further said that whether
women living in west or east more or less their nature is same. Indirectness plays a
vital role in indirectness of speech of Pakistani women as well. In their indirectness
different factors are involved e.g. age, qualification profession and social status as well.
This focus of this research is the indirectness of women speech and how much role is
played by age in indirectness of their speech. Further to discover the relationship
between age and power with reference to indirectness in women's speech. The results
of the data collection show that indirectness plays definitely a vital role in indirectness
of women and when they get social power their indirectness decreases.
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English Linguistics, Women Speech, Human Language, Pakistani Women- Speech