GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE SPEECH OF MEN AND WOMEN: AN ANALYSIS OF SPORTS ARTICLES

Abstract

The present research paper aims to investigate how men and women use language differently in daily life. It is observed that both men and women use language differently. In the present research, the researcher collected data from different newspapers. The researcher has selected twenty-eight sports articles written by male and female sports journalists on male and female tennis players. The researcher used “Ant con” software to interpret the data. The final result shows that women writer uses polite Language, empty adjectives, articles, singular pronouns ‘I,’ prepositions, intensifiers and emotional words, whereas men use directive, supportive, informative and strong words.