Language and Gender Quiz

A simple quiz to test your knowledge on how gender effects the language we use daily.

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  • Created by: mo-abas
  • Created on: 15-04-13 16:17

1. What is the Dominance Approach?

  • Women's language is seen as deficit when compared to the 'male norm'
  • Focused on the way men were seen as controlling and dominating in mixed-sex conversations
  • Idea that variation in male and female language use can be linked to their belonging to different subcultures
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2. Hedging is a linguistic device used to express uncertainty. Which of the following is a hedging device?

  • The party was spoiled by the return of the parents.
  • I'm not an expert but you might want to try restarting your computer.
  • The neighbor's got married last week on a lovely beach in Spain.

3. What is Gender?

  • how you feel, not your physical appearance.
  • the differences in behaviour and roles that are a result of societal expectations
  • biological differences between males and females.

4. Who is an Actor?

  • the individual or entity responsible for the action of a verb process.
  • the person or entity affected by the material action process.
  • a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in movies, or on television.

5. What is Stereotyping?

  • prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.
  • assigning a general set of characteristics to a group as a whole, often with negative connotations.
  • judging someone before you know them..
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