AO1 Terms for gender and sexuality Flashcards
What is phallocentric language?
Language sees men as provelidged
What is synthetic personalisation?
Companies/brands make you believe you have rapports
What are fillers?
Fills an awkward silence eg like/so to create thinking time
What are hedges?
Suggests an element of hesitancy “ so you not think”
What are adjacency pairs?
A question and an answer
What are overlaps?
Talking over someone breaks politeness principle
What are topic markers shifts and loops?
Topic is set by speaker, topic is moved to save face, going back to topic
What is jargon?
Complex language relating to a specific field. Can result in individuals losing positive face
What is positive face?
We all want to feel valued and the need to feel positive about yourself
What are tag questions ?
Attach a question to a statement and keep conversation going and maintain politeness
What is context?
The surrounding social issues of the day
What is taboo language?
Banned words
What is a closed language community ?
The idea of shared language and knowledge
What an idiolect?
System of beliefs and own language
What is a socialect?
Shared group language
What does adhere to mean?
You follow the rules or expectations
What does subvert mean ?
Go against the normal or expectations
What is accent?
The manner of pronunciation and sound patterning
What is dialect?
The specific northern words you use
What is accent levelling?
Neutralise our accent and dialect
What is prestige?
Power
What are pragmatic?
Implied meaning
What are rapports?
Relationships
What is communicative competency?
To know and follow the rules of conversation
What is inherent ideology?
Something passed through generations
What is semantic non equivalence?
Implies gap between men and women
What is phatic talk?
Small talk
What is convergence?
Howard Giles accommodation theory- we change our language to fit in and build rapports - move our language closer to people
What is divergence?
Moving in our language in context further away
What is covert prestige?
We use and adapt our language in a smaller group to sustain rapports
What does overt prestige mean?
We use and adapt language to a larger group to sustain positive face
What is diminutive?
Degrading
What is referential talk?
Usually gets answers
What is declarative talk?
Sentences used to convey information or statements
What is blending ?
Mixing words to create new ones
What is mansolaining ?
Men correcting women online
What is derrogative ?
Offensive
What is repertoire?
How broad your language is across different context. The vocabulary we use because of our life experience
What is a marked form?
Denoted gender and connoted gendered term
What is unmarked form?
A gender neutral term linked to Montgomery
What is back channelling?
Supportive noises
