English Language Gender Theorists - Lakoff

A quiz about Robin Lakoff's work on Language and Gender

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What year did Robin Lakoff publish her observations?
1975
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According to Lakoff, hedges did what, in female conversation?
Punctuated speech with uncertainty
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According to Lakoff, who used more intensifiers and qualifiers?
Women
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Lakoffs' observations can be linked to who?
Otto Jesperson
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According to Lakoff, hedges did what, in female conversation?

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Punctuated speech with uncertainty

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Front

According to Lakoff, who used more intensifiers and qualifiers?

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Card 4

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Lakoffs' observations can be linked to who?

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