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Language and Gender Revision Quiz
Language and Gender Revision Quiz
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OCR A level English Language concepts related to the study of language and gender
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If negative attitudes don't change then, in time, even neutral terms pick up -ve connotations
the deficit model of genderlect
the difference model of genderlect
the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
the euphemism treadmill
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Who disagreed with Lakoff by saying her language features are
powerless
not
female?
O'Barr and Atkins
Coates
Cameron
Tannen
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'bit of skirt', 'piece of ass', 'sweet cheeks' is a device known as:
personification
metonymy
metaphor
hyperbole
4
Where did they do their research?
in Parliament
in classrooms
in business meetings
in courtrooms
5
Who said that in conversation women do all the 'conversational shitwork'?
Pamela Fishman
Jennifer Coates
Janet Holmes
Deborah Tannen
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The dominance model of genderlect suggests that:
Men have more power in society than women
Men are the dominant sex
Women are the dominant sex
Men dominate in conversations
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The aim of politically correct language was to:
control people
replace offensive language with neutral & inclusive language
annoy people
ruin people's fun
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caveman, mankind, policeman, fireman, chairman...are:
diminutives
false generics
binary oppositions
androcentric
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'Women's speech is not as good as men's' is the...
deficit model of genderlect
diversity model of genderlect
difference model of genderlect
dominance model of genderlect
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Idea coined by Muriel Schultz that words associated with women undergo pejoration
euphemism treadmill
covert prestige
the semantic rule
deficit model
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Whose research shows there is little statistical difference between male and female speech?
Deborah Tannen
Jennifer Coates
Deborah Cameron
Jenny Cheshire
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Who found that men used more non standard grammatical forms than women?
Edina Eisikovits
Jenny Cheshire
William Labov
Peter Trudgill
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Zimmerman and West and Geoffrey Beattie both researched what aspect of language?
hedges
'empty' adjectives
taboo language
interruptions
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Who said that women use more positive politeness strategies than men?
Janet Holmes
Robin Lakoff
Peter Trudgill
Ann Howe
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Who developed the 'dominant and muted groups' theory?
Shirley and Edward Ardener
Steven Pinker
Michael Halliday
Jeremy Tunstall
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Researcher who found there are 10 times more terms for promiscuous women than promiscuous men
Julia Stanley
Janet Holmes
Deborah Cameron
Robin Lakoff
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By how many
do men outnumber women on-screen in Stacy Smith's 2015 research into family films?
three to one
four to one
two to one
ten to one
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Lakoff suggested that 'tag questions' revealed a woman's language as..
lacking authority
supportive
unassertive
cooperative
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Term describing the previous phenomenon
false generic
political correctness
semantic overrepresentation
marked terms
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Who said that women's language is co-operative and men's language is competitive?
Jennifer Coates
Robin Lakoff
Christine Howe
Janet Holmes
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Who found in her research that women are often referred to as 'dessert'?
Stacy Smith
Margaret Doyle
Sara Mills
Janet Holmes
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Gender marking of terms is done by...
affixation
nominalisation
modifying nouns
pejoration
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Lexical asymmetry is when there's
pejoration of a word over time
the use of gendered nouns & pronouns to mean both genders
imbalance between the meanings of 2 seemingly matching words
the use of language to represent people as objects
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What has happened to words like 'hussy', 'wench' 'tart' over time?
lexical asymmetry
semantic derogation
lexical gaps
semantic overrepresentation
