Language and Gender quiz

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  • Created by: ellamwood
  • Created on: 30-11-22 12:16

1. O'Barr and Atkins did what with their theory

  • conducted a 30 month study of NC superior criminal court footage, to find out what caused powerless language. proved that is it less to do with gender and more to do with power in society
  • made up a fake study to make them sound intelligent
  • conducted a study on couples in their homes to find out if women use powerless language there. and found that it was more to do with power in the conversation
  • did not conduct a study, instead wrote a book on their beliefs
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2. Deborah Tannen suggested

  • men bully women in conversation
  • men and women represent their language into a series of six contrasts
  • men interrupt more than women
  • men and women use tag questions differently

3. What is an Affective Tag, according to Janet Holmes

  • addressee orientated and expresses intimacy and solidarity
  • request for information and may show uncertainty

4. which of these is not a contrast suggested by Deborah Tannen

  • debate vs agree
  • status vs support
  • advice vs understanding
  • order vs proposal

5. what is the deficit model?

  • diversity and dynamics of gendered language
  • refers to how women's language use contributes to women's lower status and weaker position in society
  • suggests that men and women are just different and neither one nor the other is necessarily more dominant
  • suggests that men's use of language dominates that of the weaker female sex
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