Language and Sexuality Flashcards
1
Q
Lakoff
A
In her book, Lakoff compares gay male speech traits to those of women and argues that gay men consciously and deliberately imitate these traits.
2
Q
Leap
A
LGBT community do communicate with each other in ways that are different to heteros.
3
Q
Polari
A
Language used by the gay community to separate themselves from others:
‘Camp’ and ‘Butch’
4
Q
Paul Baker
A
Spent several years researching these ‘different’ ways and the speech of this social group.
The language is characterised by acronyms, plays on words, double meanings and a range of lexis used that is only intended to be understood by the gay community.
