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SOCIAL SITUATION, AGE AND GENDER ASSIGNMENT TO ENGLISH NOUNS:. A STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
dc.contributor.author | Conboy, Judith Lee | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-19T18:21:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-19T18:21:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978), pp. 17-38 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4820 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4820 | |
dc.description.abstract | A series of tests was developed for the purpose ofdetermining the likelihood that individuals would assign gender to: 1) norms when observed and heard individually as a part of a list of words; 2) sets of two norms which reflect definite contrast sets; and 3) groups of three norms which imply the existence ofa specific social situation in a particular social institution. Age of the respondent was a significant variable in the assignment of gender. The study was guided by the Whorfian Hypothesis, particularly the idea that grammatical characteristics of language facilitate or make more difficult· various nonlinguistic behaviors. Two hundred and fifty-six (256) students were chosen and tested in selected grades of a southwest Missouri school system including a community college. Two fifth grade, two seventh grade, two eleventh grade and two college classes were utilized. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Department of Sociology, University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045. | |
dc.title | SOCIAL SITUATION, AGE AND GENDER ASSIGNMENT TO ENGLISH NOUNS:. A STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17161/STR.1808.4820 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |