Lavender Linguistics

Question 1

Stanley

Answer 1

“Subcommunities may have their own language varieties but there is no singular gay language”

Question 2

Lakoff

Answer 2

“Pitch is a feature of gay language”

Question 3

Moonwomon-Baird

Answer 3

“Heterosexual has a greater range in pitch”

Question 4

Jacobs

Answer 4

“Pitch range is hard to evaluate since that topics aren’t discussed”

Question 5

Gaudio

Answer 5

“Both gay and straight men can be distinguished with accuracy by their voice alone”

Question 6

Baker

Answer 6

“Polari builds alternative social realities and identities for homosexuals”

Question 7

Hayes

Answer 7

“Secret code and code enabling give homosexuals protection and opportunity to perform roles”

Question 8

Zwicky

Answer 8

“Gay voice doesn’t accord with male vocals”

Question 9

Butler & Lloyd

Answer 9

“Gender is performed through replicating the behaviours of that gender”

Question 10

Barrett

Answer 10

“African American drag queens mix stereotypical white girl talk with African American and sexual references”

Question 11

Piccolo

Answer 11

“Listeners are not significantly accurate in identifying a speaker’s sexuality”

Question 12

Pierrehumbert & Gaudio

Answer 12

“Sexuality can be identified through aural tasks”

Question 13

Harvey

Answer 13

“Homosexuals use paradox, inversion, ludicrism and parody to index their sexuality”

Question 14

Zimman

Answer 14

“Transgender vocals are not similar to non transgender vocals due to transitioning testosterone”

Question 15

Cohen

Answer 15

“Queer theory serves privilaged members of the LGBTQ community”

Question 16

Bucholtz & Hall

Answer 16

“Sexuality exists in relation to hegemonic heterosexuality and identity”

Question 17

Kitzinger

Answer 17

“Speakers use heteronormative language because they are not knowledgeable about homosexual communities”

Question 18

Eckert

Answer 18

“A shift towards a heterosexual marketplace was imperative for a child’s status”

Question 19

Coffey-Glover

Answer 19

“Heterosexuality is the norm which is why men are so motivated by sex”

Question 20

Leap

Answer 20

“There is still considerable room for linguistic research based on sexual orientation”

Question 21

Smyth & Rogers

Answer 21

“There is no difference in vowel length between gay and straight men”

Question 22

Altmann

Answer 22

“There are no specific features of gay language”

Question 23

Darsey

Answer 23

“If there are functions in the way homosexuals speak they are therefore unique”

Question 24

Halliday

Answer 24

“Polari is an anti language as it is always used by members of an anti society”

Question 25

Define “Gender Performativity”

Answer 25

The idea that gender is a significant bodily performance of discourse

Question 26

Define “Paradox”

Answer 26

The act of using incongruent concepts and meanings in tandem and explicit language

Question 27

Define “Code Enabling”

Answer 27

Part of gay speak to give homosexuals a way of performing multiple gay roles

Question 28

Define “Queer Theory”

Answer 28

A study of language and sexuality post 1990 focusing on diversity of identity

Question 29

Define “Secret Code”

Answer 29

Part of gay speak to give the homosexuals a way of protecting oneself against exposure

Question 30

Describe what the 1967 Sexual Offences Act did to homosexuality

Answer 30

It decriminalised it, provided those involved were at least 21 years of age and acts were done in private