Gender aspect of communicative dominance (of the English-language interview discourse)

• Main Authors: Shiryaeva Tatyana A., Avakova Marina L.
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Publishing and Printing Center NOSU 2018-09-01
• Series: Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики
• Subjects: gender communicative differences; communicative dominance; male and female speech behaviour; dynamics of gender differences; interview discourse
• Online Access: http://philjournal.ru/upload/2018-3/54-60.pdf

The article discusses the study of gender differentiation in communicative dominance of the English-language interview discourse that is one of the leading aspects of sociolinguistic gender studies, focusing not only on the social status of the speakers, but also on the differences in communicative styles, discursive intentions, strategies and tactics of men and women according to the communicative situation and type of discourse. The article describes the basic models of gender linguistics highlighting both the defectiveness of female speech, gender inequality, which are reflected in the subordinate social status of women and the dominant status of men, and the dynamics of gender differences in male and female speech behaviour. At the same time gender is considered as a socio-cultural category acting as a product of discourse constructed in the process of communication. The emphasis is on such indicators of speech dominance as interruptions, overlaps, seizing the initiative, topic change, asking for information, expressing disapproval, discontent in verbal interaction. This paper aims to explore and analyze the ways of communicative dominance in male and female speech behaviour in the English-language interview discourse. It is identified that in female speech of the interview discourse the typical tactics of communicative dominance are interruptions, asking for information, assertion of the leading position, expression of disapproval and negative evaluation. These indicators can demonstrate the dynamics of gender differences and the formation of the dominance model in female speech resulting from the socio-cultural changes.