Language Variations: Jespersen

Question 1

When did Jespersen do his research?

Answer 1

1922

Question 2

What was the situation for women at the time of Jespersens research?

Answer 2

They did not even have the ability to vote

Question 3

What did Jespersen publish?

Answer 3

A set of ideas about women’s language

Question 4

What did Jespersen say about the amount that women talked?

Answer 4

He said they talked more than men

Question 5

What did Jespersen say about women’s sentences and why?

Answer 5

Said they only make half-finished sentences as they speak before they think

Question 6

What adjectives are women apparently more likely to use according to Jespersen?

Answer 6

“Pretty” and “Nice”

Question 7

Which gender did Jespersen say had a smaller vocabulary?

Answer 7

Women

Question 8

What did Jespersen specifically say about womens vocabulary?

Answer 8

The words they use are the ‘indispensable small change of a language

Question 9

What does Jespersen mean by what he said about women’s vocabulary?

Answer 9

They only use the necessary words and they do not perhaps try to improve the quality of their language

Question 10

Which approach of the 4 D’s does Jespersens approach fall under?

Answer 10

Deficit model