Comments on: Men and Women Use Uptalk Differently: A Study of Jeopardy!

By: Uptalk: power and prejudice « Cambridge Extra at LINGUIST List

Uptalk: power and prejudice « Cambridge Extra at LINGUIST List — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:57:37 +0000

[…] From time to time the media pick up on instances of English language use which do not carry over entirely happily from one variety to another. One of the most well-known of these must be the feature – variously known by such labels as ‘high rising terminal’ (HRT), ‘Australian question intonation’ (AQI), or ‘uptalk’ – which sees an upward inflection being introduced to utterances that are not actually questions. Long unremarkable in Australia, and increasingly unremarkable elsewhere in the English-speaking world, especially among younger speakers, this feature nevertheless annoys a lot of people who do not use it themselves. A recent online discussion of this phenomenon in the United States can be found here. […]

By: Internalizing Misogyny: The Lessons We’ve Learned And How They’re Holding Us Back | theradicalidea

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:43:34 +0000

[…] show that women apologize for success more than men do. They may do this explicitly or implicitly, through downplaying their accomplishments or […]

By: Men and Women Use Uptalk Differently: A Sociological Study | Women in the Chemical Sciences

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:11:58 +0000

[…] game show Jeopardy! and the results are quite interesting. You can read a summary of the study here or the full research […]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:42:00 +0000

You’re right. Once a concept or idea has been introduced, there is no reason to revisit it. Ever.

In fact, the written word was developed some thousands of years ago. Why are we still writing today? Bit late to the party, aren’t we?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:38:00 +0000

“It’s not chivalry; it’s macho.”

Of course there may not be any real distinction here…

By: BMo2xl

BMo2xl — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:19:00 +0000

I never knew there was a term for this. I just called it “white girl speak”. No matter who’s doing it, though, it’s obnoxious! When I noticed my children (10 year old girl and boy) starting to speak this way I corrected them and told them to use the correct intonation for statements and questions.

By: Fairfis

Fairfis — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:40:00 +0000

Even if your explanation has merit, the article wouldn’t be baloney. The research shows two substantialy different relationships between two variables depending on a third (uptalk vs. correctnes depending on gender). Thats good research. Than it offers plausible explanations for that observation. Frame your explanation as plausible, write an article about it, get it peer reviewed et voilà, you’re a productive member of the academic community.

By: Fairfis

Fairfis — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:37:00 +0000

You forget that there is a difference between specific answer-situations. of the same person. It depends on the correctness of the speakers.

By: MitzyG

MitzyG — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:23:00 +0000

So one way to interpret this info is that men are not as good at understanding the coding of language, instead of that women use uptalk “wrong” because they don’t use it the same way men do?
I don’t think this is a very valid study due to the artificial setting of a quiz show, but whatever.
As an aside, this article certainly did seem to attract a lot of hostile answers! Sheesh, people – starting off the new year cranky or what?

By: Bill R

Bill R — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:55:00 +0000

Women communicate with a combination of content and affect much more often than men, who rely more on content. Some young women push the affect too far, with a sing-song kind of uptalk and overly dramatic facial expressions, but in general it appears to me that, on average, women communicate more effectively and efficiently than men.

By: justaman

justaman — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:03:00 +0000

This article is baloney. Uptalk from a woman is a DEMAND for agreement, using a passive-aggressive method. It has nothing to do with modesty, repression, oppression or sensitivity to others feelings.

By: Whitney Hanson

Whitney Hanson — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:00 +0000

Jeopardy is annoying!

By: Discursive Markers of Submission, continued | Gaudete Theology

Discursive Markers of Submission, continued | Gaudete Theology — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:25:15 +0000

[…] come across a couple of articles lately that are relevant to this discussion: – Men and Women use Uptalk Differently. “Uptalk” is the practice of ending a statement with a rising intonation, and this […]

By: Uptalk use by women and men | thefeministblogproject

Uptalk use by women and men | thefeministblogproject — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:05:22 +0000

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By: Epicene Cyborg

Epicene Cyborg — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:03:52 +0000

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