Language and gender

biological difference between males and females 

Difference in behaviour and role that are are result of societal expectations 

A process by which individuals' behaviour is shaped and conditioned 

The individual responsible for the action of a verb process 

The person or entity affected by material action in a process 

Stands out from the norm

Marking that is understood 

Marking that takes place through modification

Assigning a general set of characteristics to a group, often with negative connotations 

sense of negative meaning that some lexical items have 

the process by which negative connotations become attatched to lexical items 

Attitudes and assumptions that have no evidence or proof

a form of high status given to non-standard forms

group of words that turn a declarative into an interrogative 

Linguistic device used to express uncertainty

used to intensify the force of an expression for added emphasis