Women's speech as reflected in the television series, Friends

Authors

Gema Del Moral, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

5-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Dr. Yong Long

Second Advisor

Dr. Deborah Cole

Third Advisor

Dr. Caroline Miles

Abstract

This research focuses on analyzing how contemporary women’s speech is reflected in the popular television show Friends through the characters’ differences in gender and their variances in language forms. The aim of this thesis is to find out if there are certain lexical and syntactical characteristics that distinguish women’s language from men’s language. In this study, a corpus linguistic approach is used to collect the data and make a quantitative analysis based on the verbal communication of the characters involved in Season 4 of Friends. The analysis of the linguistic features of verbal communication of all the characters in Season 4 of Friends will help have a clear understanding of the way contemporary television series reflect women’s speech.

Comments

Copyright 2015 Gema Del Moral. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American