English Language Gender Theorists

A quiz about various theorists who did work on Language and Gender

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Deborah Tannen's 6 contrasts support which model?
Difference model
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Deborah Tannen's 6 contrasts state women aim for...
Suport, Intimacy, Understanding, Feelings, Proposals, Compromise
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Deborah Tannen- who is more likely to use a cloaked imperative?
Women
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Zimmerman and West - In mixed gender conversation, men interrupted....
98% of the time
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Pamela Fishman said that tag questions used by females do what?
Keep the conversation going
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Jenny Cheshire - young girls use more correct forms, showing...
Overt prestige
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Cameron and Coates- female conversation is based on...
Co-operation
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Jennifer Coates - Women fall silent in conversation because of...
Late mininal responses - showing a lack of interest
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Dale Spender - Intensifiers and qualifiers signal certainty and authority in....
Men
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Deborah Tannen's 6 contrasts state women aim for...

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Suport, Intimacy, Understanding, Feelings, Proposals, Compromise

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Deborah Tannen- who is more likely to use a cloaked imperative?

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Zimmerman and West - In mixed gender conversation, men interrupted....

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Pamela Fishman said that tag questions used by females do what?

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Comments

Matt Lanter's the best!! :)

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a few of them are wrong...such as tag questions...they're actually used by women to show uncertainty

Abigail Elsden

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men interrupt 96% of the time in mixed gender conversations... In your quiz that's not an option?

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