6. Few notes about Tannen's Marked Women

Hi all, I want to share my notes, some key words with you, just before the final exam. I hope this helps. =)

Tannen's thesis : The unmarked forms of most English words convey "male".
- ummarked tense ~ present tense
- being male ~ unmarked case
- Unlike women, men have chance of being unmarked.
- "There's no unmarked woman."
-If a woman does not have a stylish haircut, then she would be considered as "not caring about how she looks".
- in marriages: keeping her own name & taking the husbands name - both marked for women
-But for man: using his own name unmarked
-on the other hand using both name : stands out in a list
-according to Fasold:
biologically men are marked, "men have modified female bodies"
"For grammarians female is the marked case."
-According to some ideas: writing this article makes Tannen a feminist.