Language and gender - Theories

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1. What did O'Barr and Atkins find?

  • Status and gender caused language differences to the same significance, in courtroom cases.
  • Status was more significant than gender in language differences, as shown by courtroom cases.
  • Gender was the cause of language differences, not power or status, in the courtroom cases studied.
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2. What did Fishman theorise that is contrasting to Lakoff's theories?

  • Men use tags in order to keep the conversation going.
  • Women use tags, not because of uncertainty, but to keep the conversation going.
  • Women use tags, which shows doubt and uncertainty.

3. Who supports the Difference theory?

  • Deborah Cameron
  • Deborah Tannen and Jennifer Coates
  • Deborah Cameron and Jennifer Coates

4. Who's theories did O'Barr and Atkins challenge?

  • Trudgill's
  • Lakoff's
  • Cameron's
  • Coates'

5. What did Trudgill say women tended to use?

  • Prestige pronunciation, as they tended towards hypercorectness.
  • Low prestige pronunciation.
  • Regional accents.
  • Received Pronunciation.
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