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  • Essay / Holmes on Conversational Styles - 1203

    Holmes (2000: 300) stated that: It seems possible that for men, teasing and abuse serve the same function – expressing solidarity and maintaining social relationships – as the complements and concordant comments. womenFor the writer, he agrees with this statement because for his male counterpart; it is difficult to find and identify the men's equivalent of women's gossip. Men tend to talk and focus on things and activities, rather than their feelings and personal experience as the main topic of conversation. Certain topics like sports or cars come up regularly and the emphasis was more on facts and information rather than feelings and reactions. Verbal fighting is reported by others who have examined exclusively male interactions and in some groups, verbal insult is an established practice and ritual speech activity. Such evidence provides insight into why some researchers have suggested that men and women belong to entirely different cultural groups. On the other hand, it also helps explain why women and men sometimes communicate poorly when communicating with each other. In the meantime, it is worth noting once again that most of the research that has been cited to describe the interaction patterns of women and men has been in Western English-speaking communities, and most of the data came from white adults of the middle class. Although there is some evidence that women tend to be more supportive and that men also become much more competitive interlocutors in other cultures, there is nevertheless a growing body of research describing alternative models. So, the author here would like to say either he agrees or disagrees with this kind of statement. For the writer himself, the middle of the paper seems to stray from the main subject being discussed, but keep in mind that of the language someone is speaking; all of these factors must be taken into account when judging a person's personal language choice. This is why it needs to be discussed comprehensively when explaining this issue. Then, like the statement Holmes had mentioned above, the insults and abuse from the men. This truly shows that the environment itself and the situation play a very important role in the language choice of men. Psycholinguistic factors cannot simply be put aside either but must also be discussed together in this issue. At the end of this discussion, the author would like to once again emphasize his position that he does in fact support the particular statement made by Holmes. when analyzing the conversation style between men and women.