Gender

Question 1

Lakoff

Answer 1

deficit model- 18 assumptions of women

Question 2

Tannen

Answer 2

difference model- men and women speak differently
independence vs intimacy
status vs support
information vs feelings
orders vs proposals
advice vs understanding
conflict vs compromise

Question 3

sara mills

Answer 3

diversity model- female terms have negative connotations
male terms have positive connotations

Question 4

jane pilkington

Answer 4

difference model- women use more polite forms

Question 5

pamela fishman

Answer 5

Dominance model- conversations between sexes fail due to mens responses not due to womens talk

Question 6

janet holmes

Answer 6

Difference model- women use tag questions in order to maintain coversations
goes against lakoff who says women use tag questions as a sign of weakness

Question 7

kuiper

Answer 7

Difference model- men use insults in all male talk in order to avoid humiliation

Question 8

jennifer coates

Answer 8

difference model- women avoid face threatening act by using words such as ‘perhaps’ and ‘maybe’

Question 9

jane pilkington (male)

Answer 9

Difference model- men are less supportive

Question 10

zimmerman and west

Answer 10

Dominance model- men use interruptions more
goes against lakoff

Question 11

trudgill

Answer 11

diversity model- men use more non standard (in)