Language and Gender - AS Quiz

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  • Created by: alice
  • Created on: 30-05-11 17:14

1. What view did Robin Lakoff support, suggesting that women are less powerful?

  • Dynamic Approach
  • Dominance theory
  • Difference theory
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2. What's Zimmerman and West's conclusion about mixed-sex conversations?

  • Women use more tag questions
  • Men use more imperatives
  • Men interrupt far more than women
  • Children can adapt their language
  • Women talk a lot

3. What is an example of an adjacency pair?

  • Two oxymorons
  • A greeting and a farewell
  • A question and answer
  • A nod and a wink
  • Repeated points

4. Deborah Tannen supported the Difference Theory.

  • True
  • False

5. Who is more likely to use intensifiers (acc. to Lakoff)?

  • Old people
  • Males
  • Females
  • Small children
  • Characters of 90210

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Lorenzo

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Just saw Mark.

alice

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I'm not sure how to change it, but Q1. is actually Deficit theory then, as Robin Lakoff believes women's speech is weaker

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