Gender And Language Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Who was the first proper gender linguist?
A
Robin Lakoff
2
Q
What was Robin Lakoff’s model called?
A
The Deference Model
3
Q
What is the difference between Women’s Language and women’s language?
A
Lakoff spoke about Women’s Language, the topic was women’s language
4
Q
What were the 10 features of Lakoff’s Deference Model/Women’s Language?
A
- Hedges
- Superpoliteness
- Hypercorrectness
- Tag questions
- Speaking in Italics
- Empty adjectives of approval
- Use of implication
- Special Lexicon
- (Useless, everyone does it)
- Women have no sense of humour
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