Language and Gender Flashcards
What is a Marked Term?
The unusual form of a term, often shown by an additional suffix e.g. ladette. The unmarked term would be the regular form e.g. lad.
What is Rapport Talk?
Attempting to build relationships through speech. Typically associated with female speech.
What is a Pejorative Term?
A judgemental term that usually implies disapproval or criticism.
What is Up Talk?
Rising intonation used at the end of declarative statements.
What is Verbal Hygiene?
The effort to improve or correct speech and writing to arrest change in language.
What is Hegemonic Masculinity?
Language and behaviour associated with an idealised male group that is seen to have the most power and status within society.
What is Hedging?
A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.
What is a Filler?
A seemingly meaningless word, phrase or sound that marks a pause or hesitation in speech.
What is a Genderlect?
The particular dialect used by men and women depending on their gender.
What is Hypercorrection?
A pronunciation, word form or grammatical construction produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage in a desire to be correct.
What is a Minimal Response?
Short sounds or words that are used to maintain a conversation. Shows the listener is listening.
What is Social Constructivism?
Places importance on social interaction as constructing identity and people coming together to create a shared construction of the world.
What is Semantic Reclamation?
Where a group of individuals reclaim the negative meaning of a word in attempts to make it more positive
What is the Deficit Model?
The belief that language used by women is inferior to the language used by men.
What is the Dominance Model?
The belief that the differences in language use by men and women can be explained by the hierarchical dominance of men within society.