Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers

Past researches have shown that there is a difference in language use between males and females attributed by their roles and society’s stereotyping or perceptions. Fast changing technology has provided another means for young people to express themselves using language as a tool. This study investi...

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Main Authors:	Zaini Amir, Hazirah Abidin, Saadiyah Darus, Kemboja Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/1/pp_105_124.pdf

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spelling	ukm-32662016-12-14T06:34:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/ Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers Zaini Amir, Hazirah Abidin, Saadiyah Darus, Kemboja Ismail, Past researches have shown that there is a difference in language use between males and females attributed by their roles and society’s stereotyping or perceptions. Fast changing technology has provided another means for young people to express themselves using language as a tool. This study investigates the differences in language use by female and male Malaysian teenage bloggers who use blogs as a diary to express their daily issues about life. The language used is informal and similar to spoken language. Using a qualitative approach, this study aims to examine gender differences observed in the language features used by male and female teenagers in their blogs. The findings show that there are differences between male and female bloggers in the frequencies of five language features which are ‘intensifiers’, ‘hedging’, ‘tag questions’, ‘empty adjectives’and ‘adverbs’. The results of the study show that differences in language use among teenage bloggers may largely be attributed to gender. Penerbit UKM 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/1/pp_105_124.pdf Zaini Amir, and Hazirah Abidin, and Saadiyah Darus, and Kemboja Ismail, (2012) Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 12 (1). pp. 105-124. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemacurrentissues.html
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description	Past researches have shown that there is a difference in language use between males and females attributed by their roles and society’s stereotyping or perceptions. Fast changing technology has provided another means for young people to express themselves using language as a tool. This study investigates the differences in language use by female and male Malaysian teenage bloggers who use blogs as a diary to express their daily issues about life. The language used is informal and similar to spoken language. Using a qualitative approach, this study aims to examine gender differences observed in the language features used by male and female teenagers in their blogs. The findings show that there are differences between male and female bloggers in the frequencies of five language features which are ‘intensifiers’, ‘hedging’, ‘tag questions’, ‘empty adjectives’and ‘adverbs’. The results of the study show that differences in language use among teenage bloggers may largely be attributed to gender.
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author	Zaini Amir, Hazirah Abidin, Saadiyah Darus, Kemboja Ismail,
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author_facet	Zaini Amir, Hazirah Abidin, Saadiyah Darus, Kemboja Ismail,
author_sort	Zaini Amir,
title	Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers
title_short	Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers
title_full	Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers
title_fullStr	Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers
title_full_unstemmed	Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers
title_sort	gender differences in the language use of malaysian teen bloggers
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2012
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3266/1/pp_105_124.pdf
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Gender differences in the language use of Malaysian teen bloggers

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