Language and Gender Theorist

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S O S Y F M C V S R J J L V H C N Y E I F
M U K B Q V O O C L G H E I I B L R J S S
D X B K L N N R C A U P X S W Y Q V V H L
A Q C I N I F D D K N T I I O H X Q C J L
S V D Q Y F L E C O I K C I C E K F B V Q
T E G A Y G I R U F N V A D J T G U O R G
A J L M F R C S Q F E P L B P M R T W D J
T W S F P C T V H S P T A E B U F P T N B
U O W O R D V S R T E F S M V V C A O M P
S T P X X L S P O H U G Y S P H C D Y P L
V T D E N V C R X E P I M W E G I B V K L
S B Y S J A O O D O N S M Y H P S D U F D
S X N R C O M P H R C L E S V G Y Y M X Y
U S D M X T P O K Y G L T O M F I I S Y G
P F W X M E R S G C Q D R M B Y A D F S R
P G U R Y M O A L O M K Y S X E O Q A G S
O T O I L T M L B L I E G I V M C Q K J A
R V V V M J I S U O O Y P L J S R A L Y K
T P W F K Q S S W U G N M J M F Q N S J Q
S Y E P A P E H U R J K T Q U Y I G I L H
I A H M A N E O H R P N E F D C D Y L G H

Clues

  • .Women refuse to oppose the will of others openly. Sometimes it’s far more effective for a women to assert herself, even at the risk of conflict Men will often resist it vocally, while women may appear to accede, but complain subsequently (8, 2, 10, 0)
  • men see language as a means of asserting dominance; women see it as a way of confirming/supporting ideas. (6, 2, 7, 0)
  • Terms of address for males have kept their positive meaning and connotations over time, whereas women’s terms of address tend to warp to have negative connotations. (7, 9)
  • Women make more precise discriminations in naming colours than do men - that women use more hypernyms such as lavender, mauve etc for purple (6, 1, 6, 6)
  • Women suggests that people do things in indirect ways (‘Why don’t we?’) .Men may use, and prefer to hear, a direct imperative. (6, 2, 9, 0)

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