Language and Gender Terminology 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and genderA2/A-levelAQA Created by: [email protected]Created on: 28-02-24 12:08 Define Gender Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. 1 of 30 Define Collocations Give 1 Example A series of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance For example: 'pretty sure' or 'fast asleep' 2 of 30 Define Patriarchy A social system in which men hold the primary power and predominate roles. 3 of 30 Define Terms of Endearment A word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. 4 of 30 Define Pejoration The process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning over time. 5 of 30 Define Diminutive Suffixes Give 1 Example Using 'ess' or 'ette' on the end of words to make them 'feminine' and therefore smaller or weaker For example, actress 6 of 30 Define Generic Terms Give 1 Example 'Man' tends to be used to mean all people; it is a generic term for all of us For example, manmade, mankind 7 of 30 Define Lexical Asymmetry Give 1 Example Pair Pairs of words which ought to be equal are often not because the female version of the word has negative connotations. For Example, bachelor and spinster 8 of 30 Define Marked Terms A word that is amended in order to signal gender- either by the addition of another word or a diminutive suffix. 9 of 30 Define Hedges Terms which tend to include modal expressions and vague terms. Non- absolute language. 10 of 30 Define Empty Adjectives Give 1 Example An adjective that adds little meaningful context. For example, cute or lovely 11 of 30 Define Tag Questions Give 1 Example A question added to the end of a statement but does not change the statement. For example, 'it is nice outside today, isn't it?' 12 of 30 Define Coarse Language Subset of language considered impolite, rude or offensive. 13 of 30 Define Hypercorrect Grammar Non-standard use of grammar that results from over application or perceived rule. 14 of 30 Define Super Polite Forms Adding phrases in attempt to display good manners. 15 of 30 Define Perpetuate Continuous/ continuing 16 of 30 Define Socialisation The process of internalising the norms and ideologies of society. 17 of 30 Define Dichotomy A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. In other words, juxtaposition or oxymoron 18 of 30 Define Binary Opposite A pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. 19 of 30 Define Interjection A word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses spontaneous feeling or reaction. 20 of 30 Define Androcentric Language Language centred around men. 21 of 30 Define Qualifier Give 1 Example An optional word or phrase that adds meaning to another word. For example, unfortunately 22 of 30 Define Semantic Deterioration The process by which negative connotations become attached to lexical items. 23 of 30 Define Semantic Derogation The sense of negative meaning that some lexical items have attached to them 24 of 30 Define Negative Semantic Space Julia Stanley refers to this as being created due to the fact that terms for women are often 'marked' e.g. 'women drivers' or 'working mothers'. 25 of 30 Define Special Lexicon Having more specific term for things e.g. colours. 26 of 30 Define Expletive A swear word. 27 of 30 Define Intensifier A word used to give force or emphasis e.g. really 28 of 30 Define Genderlect A style of speech/ communication used by a particular gender. 29 of 30 Define Sociolect Dialect used by a particular social class. 30 of 30
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