Friendship

Breaking the Code: Understanding the Dynamics of Gendered Communication through Report Talk and Rapport Talk

Communications

Xiaotong Xi, Jullie Gu, Yaruo Tang, Scarlet Gu This research explores Tannen’s original idea of report and rapport talk on gendered communication under a more modern context by investigating the conversational styles of college students aged 18-25. While previous research conducted by Tannen mainly utilized qualitative observational case studies, this research gathered quantitative data on […]

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Males and Females, Are We Really That Socially Different? An Exploration of Same-Sex Friendship Dynamics

Sociolinguistics

Shirley Yao, Sabrina Meyn, Viktoria Hovhannisyan The friendship dynamics that males and females form with the same-sex differ in how they bond homosocially: either vertical or horizontal. Homosocial bonds are those that are non-romantic social bonds between those of the same-sex. Historically, these two types of homosocialities are used to regulate how people perform gender.

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