deficit model
- Created by: mdsnstt
- Created on: 04-03-19 11:54
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- DEFICIT MODEL
- Women have a lack of something which makes their speech inferior
- Men have a dominant place in society and owmen are inferior
- Male language is stronger and more desirable
- Men have a dominant place in society and owmen are inferior
- Hedges: phrases like 'sort of' 'kind of'
- Polite forms: 'would you mind'
- Tag questions: 'you're going to dinner, aren't you?
- Hypercorrect grammar and pronunciation
- Empty adjectives: lovely, great, divine
- Speak in italics: intonational emphasis equal to underlining words - so, very, quite.
- Use question intonation in declarative statements: women make declarative statements into questions by raising the pitch of their voice at the end of a statement, expressing uncertainty
- Speak less frequently
- Apologise more: 'I'm sorry but...'
- Avoid expletives
- Indirect requests: 'would you mind'
- She didn't carry out her own research, it was based on own experiences and opinions
- Women have a lack of something which makes their speech inferior
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