Gender Features of Rhetoric: A Discursive and Pragmatic Analysis

The main focus: sociolinguistic, gender-related features of rhetoric: discursive and pragmatic aspects. The study seeks to find distinguishing patterns in rhetorical strategies, communicative intentions, and linguistic devices used, which are typical of male as opposed to female language. This study is based on gender linguistics, social constructivism, and pragmatic theory. The results indicate that the differences in the way males and females use rhetoric are ultimately due to societal standards and not based on biology. By organizing current theoretical perspectives, this paper is a timely contribution both to the field of gendered communication as it relates to academic and professional discourse.