The language of men and women in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Discovery

Tanja Behrens

doi:10.1515/lingvan-2023-0023

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The language of men and women in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Discovery

Tanja Behrens

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From the journal Linguistics Vanguard Volume 9 Issue s3

Abstract

This article investigates the language of men and women in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Discovery through corpus analysis. To that end, the transcripts of 13 episodes of The Original Series and five episodes of Discovery were analyzed. More specifically, this paper focuses on clause types, particularly interrogatives and imperatives, as well as interruptions and certain recurring phrases. Results indicate that the language of men and women is indicative of more gender equality in Discovery than in The Original Series.

Keywords: Star Trek ; corpus analysis; gender; clause types; interruptions

Corresponding author: Tanja Behrens, Universität Bremen Fachbereich 10 Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany, E-mail: tan_beh@uni-bremen.de

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Received: 2023-02-05

Accepted: 2023-02-24

Published Online: 2023-11-16

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Star Trek; corpus analysis; gender; clause types; interruptions