Female voices in horror : A linguistic study of female stereotyping in two slasher movies

This study sets out to investigate the extent to which slasher movies can be said to carry out linguistic female stereotyping in their portrayal of female characters. It has been proposed (cf. Coates 1993)that female speech is often associated with politeness, tentativeness, talkativeness and weaker...

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Main Author: Ivarsson Ahlin, Marie
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora 2006
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-621