A Review on Gender Linguistics Studies

Gender linguistics is a cynosure branch within the framework of language sociology and it deals with the effect that gender¡ as a variable¡ has on the creation of lingual diversities. Because a great many of the social-cultural concepts¡ including gender¡ are multifaceted¡ one-dimensional and absolute perceptions of such concepts lead to some sort of superficiality¡ particularly in research areas. The present article¡ firstly¡ deals with the presentation of the notions opined by two prominent figures of the field¡ namely Robin Lakoff¡ 1975 and Deborah Tannen¡ 1990. Then¡ it is attempted¡ through a probe into the most recent studies carried out in the years from 2008 to 2016¡ to elaborate more on this study field. The results of the study are indicative of the idea that the Applied Linguistics researchers are more interested than the other. In the survey of gender effect and its role in language¡ this effect has been¡ especially¡ evaluated regarding the second language learning¡ but this field of study is found with numerous shortcomings¡ the most important of which is the negligence of the propounded gender-related theories.