Lavender Linguistics Flashcards
The studies of gayspeak
Stanley
“Subcommunities may have their own language varieties but there is no singular gay language”
Lakoff
“Pitch is a feature of gay language”
Moonwomon-Baird
“Heterosexual has a greater range in pitch”
Jacobs
“Pitch range is hard to evaluate since that topics aren’t discussed”
Gaudio
“Both gay and straight men can be distinguished with accuracy by their voice alone”
Baker
“Polari builds alternative social realities and identities for homosexuals”
Hayes
“Secret code and code enabling give homosexuals protection and opportunity to perform roles”
Zwicky
“Gay voice doesn’t accord with male vocals”
Butler & Lloyd
“Gender is performed through replicating the behaviours of that gender”
Barrett
“African American drag queens mix stereotypical white girl talk with African American and sexual references”
Piccolo
“Listeners are not significantly accurate in identifying a speaker’s sexuality”
Pierrehumbert & Gaudio
“Sexuality can be identified through aural tasks”
Harvey
“Homosexuals use paradox, inversion, ludicrism and parody to index their sexuality”
Zimman
“Transgender vocals are not similar to non transgender vocals due to transitioning testosterone”
Cohen
“Queer theory serves privilaged members of the LGBTQ community”
Bucholtz & Hall
“Sexuality exists in relation to hegemonic heterosexuality and identity”
Kitzinger
“Speakers use heteronormative language because they are not knowledgeable about homosexual communities”
Eckert
“A shift towards a heterosexual marketplace was imperative for a child’s status”
Coffey-Glover
“Heterosexuality is the norm which is why men are so motivated by sex”
Leap
“There is still considerable room for linguistic research based on sexual orientation”
Smyth & Rogers
“There is no difference in vowel length between gay and straight men”
Altmann
“There are no specific features of gay language”
Darsey
“If there are functions in the way homosexuals speak they are therefore unique”
Halliday
“Polari is an anti language as it is always used by members of an anti society”
Define “Gender Performativity”
The idea that gender is a significant bodily performance of discourse
Define “Paradox”
The act of using incongruent concepts and meanings in tandem and explicit language
Define “Code Enabling”
Part of gay speak to give homosexuals a way of performing multiple gay roles
Define “Queer Theory”
A study of language and sexuality post 1990 focusing on diversity of identity
Define “Secret Code”
Part of gay speak to give the homosexuals a way of protecting oneself against exposure
Describe what the 1967 Sexual Offences Act did to homosexuality
It decriminalised it, provided those involved were at least 21 years of age and acts were done in private
