SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE LIBRARY SWEET BRIAR. VA 2*595 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/studyinlanguagegOObenn A Study in Language and Gender by Amber Dawn Bennett Sweet Briar College, Class of 1991 submitted in partial fulfillment of Senior Honors Work in Anthropology and Psychology 15 April 1991 Approved by: Professor David Johnson, Department of Psychology, ftoz*. Sweet Briar College Professor Catherine Seaman, Department ofAnthropology, Briar College Professor Mario Zamora, Department ofAnthropology, liege ofWilliam & Mary A Study in Language and Gender Table of Contents Introduction 4 Review of Literature 6 Research Phase 24 I Phase 27 II Discussion 30 Conclusions 33 Appendix 35 References 36 Acknowledgements 42