A Level Language and Gender Quiz

Question 1

And in the study they found there were X amount of interruptions in same sex groups...

Accepted Answer

7

Question 2

Out of the following, what would be considered a "marked term"?

Accepted Answer

Male nanny

Question 3

In McEnery's 2016 research into the use of expletives, what was found?

Accepted Answer

Women use the f word 546 times per million words

Question 4

Julia Stanley studied the lexical gap for terms used towards men and women - stats?

Accepted Answer

200 + for sexually active women and 22 for men

Question 5

In the University of Miami's study into Vocal Fry, how many participants were there?

Accepted Answer

800

Question 6

What is the gender neutral pronoun?

Accepted Answer

They

Question 7

What is it called when one part is used to represent a whole?

Accepted Answer

Metonymy

Question 8

What do we mean by the term 'sex'

Accepted Answer

Biological features of a person

Question 9

Lakoff is associated with what....?

Accepted Answer

Deficit

Question 10

He found that men & women interrupted with more or less equal frequency ...what were the stats?

Accepted Answer

Men 34.1 Women 33.8

Question 11

In reference to Tannen's theory, complete the pair: Independence vs...

Accepted Answer

Intimacy

Question 12

And men?

Accepted Answer

540 times per million words

Question 13

Zimmerman and West found...

Accepted Answer

Of 48 interruptions, 46 were men

Question 14

Snyder looked at interruptions in a tech company in 2014 - what was the general finding?

Accepted Answer

Men interrupted more

Question 15

What is a stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A standardised image of something/someone/a group - often inaccurate

Question 16

Gomm's 1980 study of expletives found that....

Accepted Answer

In single sex, men swore more & in mixed both swore less

Question 17

Beattie's study challenged Zimmerman and West, but what were the stats?

Accepted Answer

10 hours of discussion and 557 interruptions

Question 18

In Cheshire's Reading study, what was found?

Accepted Answer

Leaders of both groups used non-standard forms to assert status

Question 19

What were the compliance rates for the male and female doctors when using these?

Accepted Answer

Men = 50% Women = 67%

Question 20

Out of the following, what would be classed as a diminutive suffix?

Accepted Answer

ess

Question 21

What is the name of the guttural growl used predominantly in American women?

Accepted Answer

Vocal fry

Question 22

Of the women, who interrupted the most?

Accepted Answer

Women in a position of power

Question 23

In Holmes's study of hedges in 1984 and 1987, what did she find?

Accepted Answer

Women use hedges more to express confidence

Question 24

What was found in the Vocal Fry study?

Accepted Answer

People preferred normal voice

Question 25

Janet Holmes looked at words used to describe women, what did she find?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 26

To mark something in a positive way?

Accepted Answer

Honorific

Question 27

What was found in Trudgill's study?

Accepted Answer

Women, more than men, converged upwards for social status

Question 28

In Keenan's Madagascar study, what was found?

Accepted Answer

Men's language is seen as skilled, whereas women are seen as too direct

Question 29

In Cameron's Medical Rounds study on doctors, what did she find?

Accepted Answer

Men introduced other men more frequently as Doctor than women

Question 30

So....what does this show about language and gender?

Accepted Answer

There is no weak language; it is just the gender views of that society

Question 31

In reference to Tannen's theory, complete the pair: Information vs...

Accepted Answer

Feelings

Question 32

What does "androcentric" mean?

Accepted Answer

Focussed around men

Question 33

What did Lakoff say about women's language?

Accepted Answer

Women's language is inferior & often hedge, apologise more & use empty adjs

Question 34

The Just Not Sorry App was launched by Google in 2016, what was it for?

Accepted Answer

To support women in constructing their emails

Question 35

In reference to Tannen's theory...complete the pair: Advice vs

Accepted Answer

Understanding

Question 36

What is it called when someone's tone rises at the end of sentences?

Accepted Answer

Uptalk

Question 37

Zimmerman and West are associated with....

Accepted Answer

Dominance

Question 38

How many interruptions did the men account for?

Accepted Answer

212 of 314

Question 39

What were the stats for the Vocal Fry study?

Accepted Answer

People preferred normal voice for women 86% of the time

Question 40

In Candace West's 1990 study of Doctors, what did she find in relation to imperatives?

Accepted Answer

Men used aggravated rather than mitigated

Question 41

O'Barr and Atkins challenged Lakoff's deficit model, what were the stats and findings?

Accepted Answer

30 months of witnesses - 'inferior' speech traits common dependent on power

A Level Language and Gender Quiz

Questions 41

A Level Language and Gender Quiz

Questions 41