Gendered Language

Question 1

Sapir & Whorf

Answer 1

“English determines perceptions of the world”

Question 2

Spender

Answer 2

“Sexism is added to English to consolidate male supremacy”

Question 3

Poole

Answer 3

“Men have pride of place in English”

Question 4

Kirkby

Answer 4

“Men are more comprehensive than women”

Question 5

Hoey

Answer 5

“Words and phrases come with an undercoat layer, also known as lexical priming”

Question 6

Sinclair

Answer 6

“Linguists should analyse the company that words keep”

Question 7

Lakoff

Answer 7

“There are ten features of female language, including empty adjectives and tag questions”

Question 8

O’Barr & Atkins

Answer 8

“Speaker’s social status determined how much female language they will use”

Question 9

Fishman

Answer 9

“Tag questions are used to keep conversations going”

Question 10

Zimmerman & West

Answer 10

“Women speak less in mixed conversations as there are more male interruptions”

Question 11

Cheshire

Answer 11

“Girls adjust more sharply in formal speech than boys”

Question 12

Eckert

Answer 12

“Teens self consciously create images by using trendy expressions and intonation”

Question 13

Trudgill

Answer 13

“There are differences in prestige usage due to social class and gender”

Question 14

Tannen

Answer 14

“There are six aspects of gender, including status VS support and advice VS understanding”

Question 15

Carmichael, Hogan & Walter

Answer 15

“Language influencing thought equals gender perceptions”

Question 16

Cameron

Answer 16

“Culture is pop psychology in the way that it states that men and women talk differently”

Question 17

Woods

Answer 17

“Men dominate conversations even if women are in the higher status”

Question 18

Limpinnian

Answer 18

“Men and women are encouraged to mould themselves in an ideal way for adverts”

Question 19

Sardar

Answer 19

“Semi naked women are objects of the male gaze”

Question 20

Klofstrad

Answer 20

“Vocal fry is used by women to find work”

Question 21

McElhinny

Answer 21

“Gender focuses on individuals not institutions”

Question 22

Maltz & Borker

Answer 22

“Men and women operate in different social contexts”

Question 23

Weatherall

Answer 23

“Female conversations are cooperative when male conversations are competitive”

Question 24

Fisher

Answer 24

“Men not asking questions coin uptalk as a redeeming quality”

Question 25

Perry

Answer 25

“TV programmes about lesbian sex prove that uptalk is not overbearing”

Question 26

McGregor

Answer 26

“There is an equal number of uptalk usage between males and females”

Question 27

Foulkes & Barron

Answer 27

“Uptalk isn’t a reliable cue to speaker identity”

Question 28

Define “Androcentric” and “Ameiloration”

Answer 28

Having a built in bias towards men

Retaining meaning or respect

Question 29

Define “Lexical Asymmetry”

Answer 29

When a word puts men in a positive position but at the same time puts women in a negative position

Question 30

Define “Marked Terms” and “Cisgender”

Answer 30

Terms that reduce women to size

Gender alligns with sex assigned at birth