English Deficit Model
- Created by: dasim
- Created on: 19-03-16 12:46
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- Deficit Model
- Men's language= norm
- Women's language should be judged and is deficient
- Otto Jespersen 1922
- Women have smaller vocab
- Women use 'empty' and 'weak' adjectives
- Women fail to finish sentence because haven't thought through what going to say
- Men responsible for adding new words to language
- Women have damaging effect on language
- Women responsible to change language to be more like men's
- Men's language= norm
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