show me the research

(fifilaqua did a woopsie i the corner on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 16:09, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

the evidence
Comprises of a title and the words 'moot point'
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:06, Reply)

No research to hand.
I first read it here:
Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
SUZANNE ROMAINE
Merton College, University of Oxford

Many moons past, when an undergrad. Take that how you will.

She's still active, contributing a chapter to The Handbook of Language and Gender.

Romaine, S. (2008) Variation in Language and Gender, in The Handbook of Language and Gender (eds J. Holmes and M. Meyerhoff), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470756942.ch4

Chapter 5 of Sociolinguistic patterns By William Labov deals directly with the matter of Hypercorrection and class and the 'terlet' example given, research admittedly carried out in the early 60s.

There's a bit more on the general subject of the relationships between gender/class and adoption of more 'prestige' forms here:

William Labov (1990). The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change. Language Variation and Change, 2, pp 205-254

Peter Trudgill (1972). Sex, covert prestige and linguistic change in the urban British English of Norwich. Language in Society, 1, pp 179-195

What comes through all this, is that women tend towards more 'standard' forms and more 'prestige' forms of English than men do. Hypercorrection is overlaid on top of this, and is particularly strong in lower middle class women.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sun 17 Apr 2011, 4:48, Reply)