چکیده:
The present research, conducted in the field of sociolinguistics, is an attempt to evaluate one of the differences in the linguistic behavior of women and men within the framework of dominance theory. The aim of this research is to evaluate the conversational dominance index of interruption based on dominance theory in Persian-speaking society and to examine the three factors affecting interruption (direct comments, topic deviation, and hedges and hesitant verbs). Based on this, the interruption index and the three indices affecting interruption in mixed-gender and same-sex environments were considered, and then these indices were evaluated in forty two-stage interviews (10 men and 10 women students between 18-24 years old). Women and men showed different behaviors in various environments based on the use of interruption, and the linguistic pattern of gender bias was palpable in today's Persian-speaking society. Based on this research, the type of relationship of each of the indices affecting interruption with interruption was examined, and the framework provided by dominance theory was found to be ineffective among Persian speakers.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language Teaching, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Received: 22/06/1390 Accepted: 05/11/1390 Abstract The present research, conducted in the field of sociolinguistics, is an attempt to evaluate one of the differences in the linguistic behavior of women and men within the framework of the dominance theory.
The aim of this research is to evaluate the conversational dominance index of interruption based on the dominance theory in the Persian-speaking community and to examine the three factors affecting interruption (direct opinions, topic deviation, and hedges and hesitant verbs).
Women and men showed different behaviors in various environments based on the use of interruption, and the linguistic manifestation of a gender-biased attitude in today's Persian-speaking community was tangible.
To answer the first question, we compare the interruption of men and women in mixed and single-sex environments, evaluate the differences in their usage in the research environments based on the dominance theory, and finally, judge the efficiency or inefficiency of this theory among the Persian-speaking linguistic community.
This issue clearly contradicts the dominance theory—which observes the dominance of men over women in conversation—regarding Persian language speakers, and reveals a very high level of interest in the female single-sex environment for speaking and participating in the conversation.
Comparing this figure with Figure 1 shows that direct statements have a direct relationship with the rate of interruption; this means that in both cases, the highest percentage of usage relates to the female single-sex environment.
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