English Language-Gender theory

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Who is the theorist who believes women over-use adverbs and act hyperbole?
Otto Jepersen
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Which theorist states women over-use qualifiers and apologise more?
Robin Lakoff
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Which theorist states women complain, nag, ask extensive questions and are more indecisive than men?
George Keith and John Shuttleworth
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State the name of research carried out by Otto Jepersen?
Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1922)
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State the name of research carried out by Robin Lakoff?
Language and Woman's Place (1975)
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State the name of research carried out by George Keith and John Shuttleworth?
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Which theorist states women over-use qualifiers and apologise more?

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Robin Lakoff

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Which theorist states women complain, nag, ask extensive questions and are more indecisive than men?

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State the name of research carried out by Otto Jepersen?

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State the name of research carried out by Robin Lakoff?

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