The purpose of this study is to determine if and how male or female everyday languagesdiffer. The study is based on ten interviews with five men and five women living inHalmstad, who are between the ages of 22-29. The interview results were analyzed andcompared with previous research on the subject. The result shows that there is adifference between the male and female informants use of language. Women laughing,using italics, hedges, the word så ‘so’ and response signals to a greater degree than men.The reason may be that men and women basically use different conversation styleswhen they communicate, that men prefer a public speech, intended to provideinformation and knowledge. Women on the other hand, use a private speech with thestarting point to create community and belonging.

<p>Our exam paper is about young adults’ use of intensifiers in school papers. The theoretical background includes previous research about intensifiers in the Swedish language and above all young adults’ use of intensifiers. We have chosen to focus on all intensifying expressions which young adults’ use, because we did not want to limit our research material. We made a comparing study of 25 student papers from year 1999 and 25 student papers from year 2009 to find similarities and differences. Our result answers our four main questions: “How has the frequency of intensifiers changed from year 1999 to year 2009?”, “Which new intensifiers have been added?”, “In which contexts are intensifiers used?” and “Are there any differences in the use of intensifiers between boys and girls?”. The result shows that the number of intensifiers has increased during the 10 year period but that the selection of used intensifiers has decreased. Furthermore is a change in which intensifiers that are used and in which contexts they are used illustrated. The result also shows that boys in year 1999 use intensifiers more frequently than the girls, but in year 2009 the result was opposite.</p>

Our exam paper is about young adults’ use of intensifiers in school papers. The theoretical background includes previous research about intensifiers in the Swedish language and above all young adults’ use of intensifiers. We have chosen to focus on all intensifying expressions which young adults’ use, because we did not want to limit our research material. We made a comparing study of 25 student papers from year 1999 and 25 student papers from year 2009 to find similarities and differences. Our result answers our four main questions: “How has the frequency of intensifiers changed from year 1999 to year 2009?”, “Which new intensifiers have been added?”, “In which contexts are intensifiers used?” and “Are there any differences in the use of intensifiers between boys and girls?”. The result shows that the number of intensifiers has increased during the 10 year period but that the selection of used intensifiers has decreased. Furthermore is a change in which intensifiers that are used and in which contexts they are used illustrated. The result also shows that boys in year 1999 use intensifiers more frequently than the girls, but in year 2009 the result was opposite.

Syftet med det här arbetet är att ta reda på om det finns skillnader i hur manliga och kvinnliga användare skriver på Twitter. Genom att skapa kategorier som bygger på språkskillnader som visats i tidigare forskning kategoriseras totalt 300 tweets. Utöver skillnaderna mellan manlig och kvinnlig skrift vägs även Twitter som forum in i analysen. Kategorierna är utformade för att identifiera typiska språktendenser på Twitter. Jämförelser mellan hur kvinnor och män använder sig av förkortningar, förenklingar och engelska inslag i sina tweets är exempel på kategorier som analyseras. Kategoriseringen visar att det finns skillnader i språkanvändandet mellan könen. Slutsatsen jag drar är att digitala medier tillåter en större frihet till talspråkliga inslag i skriften. Det är både manliga och kvinnliga skribenter som skriver med talspråkliga inslag. Den största skillnaden mellan könen visar sig vara att manliga användare använder sig av mer slang i sina tweets och att kvinnliga användare använder fler förenklingar. Den största upptäckten är trots allt att likheterna mellan könen i skriftspråket är fler än skillnaderna.