Ruth A. Borker
is a feminist anthropologist who has done research in the area of the role of
women in complex societies. This includes characteristics such as:
movement from villages to cities, the formation of class distinction and the
invention of writing stemming from record keeping by merchants and temples.
In
her career she has had many published works. In 1980, Anthropology: Social
and Cultural Perspectives was published along with works by Sally
McConnell-Ginet and Nelly Furman in Women and
Language in Literature and Society .
In
1982, Ruth Borker wrote "A Cultural
Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication" in coordination with Daniel N. Maltz, which can be found in Communication, Language,
and Social Identity. This research led to the conclusion that in
conversation women and men have different ideas of what friendly conversation
is and different rules of interpreting it. One difference found was that women
tend to ask more questions to show interest and men are more likely to
interrupt others.
Another
study done in the 1980's by Ruth Borker along with
Daniel Maltz is “Anthropological Perspectives on
Gender and Language” which may be found in Gender and Anthropology: Critical
Reviews for Research and Teaching.
References:
“ Andrea Sims .” Academics // Ling 330 (Fall
2002) http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~asims/330.html
3 Dec. 2002
“LSA Guidelines for
Nonsexist Usage” (10 June 1998) http://www.lsadc.org/web2/nonsexist.htm 3 Dec.
2002
“American
Anthropological Association.” Gender and Anthropology: Critical Reviews for Research
and Teaching
http://www.aaanet.org/committees/coswa/gender.htm
3 Dec. 2002
Written
by: Kate
Wilson, 2002