Influential Factors Of Gender Differences In L2 Communication: A Correlation Study

Abstract

The current research is based on the use of second language in our routine life and the gender differences in communication. The theory of Language and Gender by Robin Lakoff (1975) is used to highlight the gender difference in communication. Interviews by male and female of L2 users were taken from different posts by using a random convenience sampling technique. The interviews were used to check the role of L2 by categorizing them into 8 grammatical categories i.e. adjectives, adverbs, weasel words, transition words, stop words, filler words, hedge words and modal words. The usage of grammatical items helped to compile the results. They found with the help of results that the male uses a rich vocabulary as compared to the female. Females use more adverbs and adjectives. The researcher concluded that the English language has a vital role to communicate our ideas with someone else and different gender uses different vocabulary while communicating. This research also concluded that L2 has a vital role to highlight gender differences in communication. This study recommends that the use of a second language may be promoted in our living areas and at the country level as well. The use of a second language may be helpful for us to differentiate gender while communicating. The Robust test of the Equality of Means shows that the number of adjectives, weasel words, stop words, and hedge words used is a significant correlation with P-Values. 006, .028, .005, and.001, respectively. The ANOVA test results show that these same linguistic units are significant. While the values of adverbs, transition words, filler words, and modal words are in weak correlation in either ANOVA or Robust tests.