dialogue

Dialogue:  Male to Male dialogue

It is said that when men interact among themselves, their dialogue adopts certain characteristics and strategies. Many studies in this domain have shown that men, interacting each other, talk differently from female –female interaction and cross- sex dialogue.
For instance, Faris (incited in Gumpers 1982 : 212) notices that loud and aggressive argument is a common feature of male- male interaction . These arguments sometimes may include showing, wagering, names calling and verbal threats.

To take an other example, Hannerz (cited in ibid) describes men’s talk among themselves as debates over minor questions of little direct importance to any one. These debates include practical jokes, challenges, put downs, insults and other forms of verbal aggression, but they are not taken as signs of real conflict.
In addition to this, Head (cited in Smith 1979 :118) states that much talk among men in Brazil is about profanity and obscenity which they tend to attenuate in the presence of women.
In contrast to what is mentioned so far, Maher (cited ibid) says that in Morocco the use of exaggerated and formal speech is more characteristic of men among themselves than among women.

BY: MUSTAPHA KOURBANE