Terminology

Question 1

Accent

Answer 1

The man our of pronunciation + sound patterning

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

Specific words used by people of a particular region

Question 3

Accent Levelling

Answer 3

Neutralise our accent + dialect

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Prestige

Answer 4

Power

Question 5

Pragmatics

Answer 5

Implied meaning

Question 6

Semantic non-equivalents

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Implies a gap between men and women, that men are dominant

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Marked Form

Answer 7

Connotes gender

Question 8

Unmarked Form

Answer 8

Gender neutral

Question 9

Phallocentric Language

Answer 9

Gives men more power and dominance

Question 10

Synthetic Personalisation

Answer 10

Companies/brands/people make you believe you have a rapport

Question 11

Jargon

Answer 11

Complex language relating to a specific field, it can result in individuals losing positive face

Question 12

Tag Questions

Answer 12

Attach a question to a statement

Question 13

Fillers

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Fills the silence - err/like/umm - allows for thinking time

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Hedges

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Suggests an element of hesitancy - “Do you not think…”, “Should we not try…”

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Blending

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Mixing words to create new ones

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Synthetic sister-hood

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Not real/man made - Girls socialised into thinking ‘we’re all in this together’ when really it’s because were weak

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Echo-Chamber

Answer 17

What you hear within your social influences your thoughts

Question 18

Linguistic Repertoire

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Own personal word and phrase bank that we use. The vocab we use because of our life experience

Question 19

Polari

Answer 19

Closed language of the gay community

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Sociolect

Answer 20

Language of a wider group of society - provides a social identity

Question 21

Closed Language Community

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Dialect of a small group not understood by outsiders

Question 22

Convergence

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Adapting our language to become closer to the audience in context

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Taboo Language

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Banned Words

Question 24

Covert Prestige

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Language in a smaller group to impress the group

Question 25

Rapport

Answer 25

Relationships

Question 26

Topic Marker

Answer 26

Topic is set by speaker

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Topic Shift

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Topic is moved to save positive face

Question 28

Topic Loop

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Topic brought back to original

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Overlaps

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Interrupting someone

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Code Switching

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Changing what you say depending on the context and situation

Question 31

Male Gaze

Answer 31

Women are overly sexualised by men

Question 32

Divergence

Answer 32

Move our language further away from the language in context