Gender Difference in Role-Play : Male and Female Character Language in World of Warcraft

Gender Difference in Role-Play : Male and Female Character Language in World of Warcraft

In this essay, I have investigated whether players of World of Warcraft change their language to suit the gender of the character they play. I have researched if there are gender differences that correspond to what is defined as male and female language in mixed-sex conversations. Chat-logs, collect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skoglund, Jeanette
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora 2009
Subjects:
World of Warcraft
gender
gender differences
chat-logs
mixed-sex conversations
folklinguistic belief
amount of participation
hedges
questions
directives
commands
taboo language
compliments
grammar.
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
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