Langauge and Gender Theorists
Just a quick quiz to keep you up to speed with the theorists in language and gender and what they said.
- Created by: Charlotte Clarke
- Created on: 12-01-12 13:59
Other questions in this quiz
2. Men are less concerned about saving face.
- True
- False
3. Who said this?
- Pilkington, 1992
- Kuiper, 1991
- Holmes, 1992
4. Who concluded that 96% of all interruptions are made by men?
- Coates, 1989
- Zimmerman and West, 1975
- Keith and Shuttleworth, 200
- Holmes, 1988
5. Which one of the following best describes the Deficit approach?
- Women are more deficient than men.
- Focuses on the way men are controlling and dominating in mixed-sex conversations.
- Women's language is seen as inadequate compared to the 'male norm'.
- Variation in male and female language can be linked to them belonging to different subcultures.
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