Humanities Homework Help

Online sources:

• PBS—Language and Society
  http://www.pbs.org/speak/words/sezwho/socialsetting/ (Links to an external site.)
• Tannen—You Just Don’t Understand
  http://www.homestar.org/bryannan/tannen.html (Links to an external site.)

Discuss the following in considering Chapter 6 and the web links on language:

• How does language, as an integral part of culture and social structure, reflect our statuses, roles, and identities?
• Specifically, how do language (that is, verbal communication) and nonverbal communication work together to shape the characteristics of interactions between females and males?