gender terms

Question 1

gender scripts

Answer 1

people adopt roles based on their sex. behaviour is ‘acted out’ based on gender.

Question 2

generic terms and pronouns

Answer 2

he/his/him/himself used to address all - not necessarily all males.

Question 3

marking (marked term)

Answer 3

‘marked’ to show transgression from the ‘normal.’ ‘-ess’/’-ette’ is the diminuitive suffix.

Question 4

patriarchy

Answer 4

male controlled.

Question 5

pejorative

Answer 5

a word that has developed a negative meaning over time.

Question 6

marked/unmarked themes

Answer 6

words which do/don’t encode gender.

Question 7

lexical asymmetry

Answer 7

equivalent terms don’t have equivalent meanings.

Question 8

semantic derogation

Answer 8

male terms have positive connotations and female terms have negative connotations.

Question 9

amelioration

Answer 9

a word that has developed a positive meaning over time.

Question 10

connotation

Answer 10

associations.

Question 11

default assumption

Answer 11

immediate presumption that a job is carried out by a certain gender.

Question 12

denotation

Answer 12

dictionary definition.

Question 13

dysphemism

Answer 13

a more crude alternative to the ‘average’ choice.

Question 14

empty adjective

Answer 14

lakoff - a feature that defines women’s language. used frequently but hold little meaning.

Question 15

euphemism

Answer 15

dressing up a word/phrase so it seems less harsh/more polite.

Question 16

folklinguistics

Answer 16

people’s ideas about language, e.g. a ‘proper’ way to speak english.