This study uses a matched guise technique to elicit evaluations of men and women from participants based solely on what they hear. Four speakers (two men and two men) created two recordings, one in which they incorporated womens language into their speech and the other using standard language. One hundred university students listened to each recording and evaluated the speaker in terms of twelve personality traits. Results showed a significant difference in how male and female speakers were perceived, regardless of the language style they employed. Womens language and standard language were also perceived differently regardless of speaker gender.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-04252006-133141 |
| Date | 27 June 2006 |
| Creators | Dennison, Christy L. |
| Contributors | Shelome Gooden, Ph.D., Scott F. Kiesling, Ph.D., Amanda Godley, Ph.D. |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04252006-133141/ |
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