Outline of My Third Presentation

Conversation Strategies

This is a presentation of Gender and Discourse by Deborah Tannen

Chapter 1: The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies

Pages 19-31

By Wing Kin Fan

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm

1) Ambiguity

- meaning can be one way or the other

- represents power or solidarity

- example in the book

- my example

2) Polysemy

- meaning can be both ways at the same time

- represents both power and solidarity

- example in the book

- my example

3) Similarity and Difference

- we are all the same, while we are not all the same

- differences set us apart in distance, while similarity is a threat to hierarchy

- example in the book

- my example

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