AQA Engliah Language Gender Theories

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1. Herriman in "Descriptions of woman and man in present day Englsih" describes what?

  • Collocations for women are of physical attractivness eg pretty, for men it's terms for height, abilities and personality
  • Collocations for women are always sexual
  • Collocations for men never include those describing intelligence
  • Collocations for women are powerful
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2. Dale Spender has which theory?

  • Sexist Language
  • Old Fashioned Language
  • Man Made Language
  • Woman Made Langauge

3. in Miller and Swift's Handbook of non sexist writing, what were the probelms brought up?

  • Discrimination, generalisation
  • The use of man as a false generic, The pronoun problem, The Discrimination in job titles, Genrealisations, Non parallel treatment
  • Diminutive suffixes, pronound problem
  • Gneralisations, Sexism, female forms coming second eg Mr and Mrs, Pronoun Problem and Discrimination in job titles

4. Which of these is a correct pair of Deborah Tannen's six contrasts?

  • Status vs Compromise
  • Advice vs Understanding
  • Independence vs Feelings
  • Information vs Proposals

5. What is Berger's theory on Representational Practices in Advertising?

  • Men act and women appear
  • Women act and men appear
  • Men sing and women dance
  • Women come first and men second
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