Language and gender - Theories

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1. Which one of the following is NOT one of the six contrasts proposed by Tannen?

  • Orders vs. Commands
  • Status vs. Support
  • Independence vs. Intimacy
  • Orders vs. Proposals
  • Conflict vs. Compromise
  • Advice vs. Understanding
  • Information vs. Feelings
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2. What is "verbal hygiene"?

  • Deborah Cameron says that women have been instructed in the proper ways of talking.
  • Deborah Tannen says that women have been instructed in the proper ways of talking.
  • Deborah Jones says that women have been instructed in the proper ways of talking.

3. Which theory did Zimmerman and West propose?

  • Dominace theory
  • Defecit theory
  • Difference theory

4. Who proposed the Deficit theory?

  • Robin Lakoff
  • Deborah Tannen
  • Jennifer Coates

5. What did Trudgill say women tended to use?

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