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Language and gender.
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1What did Weatherall in 2005 discover that women use more of in conversations?
- AThat women use more tag questions and hedging to support other speakers.
- BStatus vs support.
- CThey interrupt more.
- DThey are more likely to argue
2Which linguist discovered the principle of overt and covert prestige?
- ALakoff
- BTrudgill
- CO'Barr and Atkins.
- DJulia Stanley
- EJudith Butler
3Is it true that Julia Stanley determined that there were over 220 phrases for a promiscuous female and only 20 for a promiscuous male?
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Judith [blank_start]Butler[blank_end] discovered [blank_start]gender performativity[blank_end]. This suggests that language has [blank_start]real implications[blank_end] for example ' I now pronounce you man and wife.' the syntax order is used to establish lexical [blank_start]asymmetry[blank_end].
- AButler
- BLakoff
- CStanley
- Dasymmetry
- ESymmetry
- Fgender performativity
- Gformality
- HFace needs
- Ireal implications
- Jlife
- Kinfluence
5Which one of these are Deborah Tannen's theory of the difference model.
- AStatus v Support
- BAdvice v Understanding
- CInformation v feeling
- Dorders v proposal
- Econflict v compromise
- Findependence v intimacy
- Gnature v nurture
6Which four features did Deborah Jones define as women's culture?
1.[blank_start]House Talk[blank_end]- talk around their positions in the home.
2.[blank_start]Scandal[blank_end]- Judging others behaviour.
3. [blank_start]Bitching[blank_end]- expressed privately to release anger.
4. [blank_start]Chatting[blank_end]- expressing personal stories/anecdotes to get to know one another.- AHouse Talk
- BScandal
- CBitching
- DChatting
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- Quiz on language and gender.
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- Sam Yarnall
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- English
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- Created on 11 Apr 2016 · updated on 3 Feb 2018
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