الفهرس 
Review of LiteratureOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate some differences between male and female humour in some Egyptian films from a linguistic perspective. This is done by focusing on aspects of negation and coordination and linking them to the use of Critical Discourse Analysis as introduced by Norman Fairclough. The use of negation and coordination are primarily focused on to see which, if any, are more prevalent in the men’s speeches as opposed to the women’s. Aspects of “women’s language” as introduced by Robin Lakoff are also studied and analysed in relation to the texts.
Ten comedy films are chosen for study and analysis. In choosing the corpus the researcher noticed that very few, if any, films had a female for the leading role and this in itself was an eye-opener and indicative of many things. Most of the films, though, did depend on a female as a co-star although not the recognized leading figure. Often gender-switching took place and this largely contributed to the humour in the movies. The films belonged more or less to the same time period, with similar age groups in order to limit certain variables. However, the characters may vary in such aspects as social status, dialect used, background and degree of eccentricity, among other things.
The study attempts to explore the different ways in which males and females coerce each other, form bonds of solidarity or compete and challenge each other through the use of linguistic tools previously stated. Previous claims about men and women’s use of language and humour are introduced and explored in-depth to discover if they are, in fact, realised in the films.