Language Variations: Lakoff Flashcards
When did Lakoff do her research?
1975
What wave of feminism was taking place when Lakoff did her research?
Second-wave feminism
What was the name of Lakoff’s book?
Language and Women’s Place
What did Lakoff claim in her book?
Language that women use makes them appear weaker than men
What examples “Sort of” and “Kind of” which Lakoff identified as showing the way women spoke made them seem weaker?
Hedging
Which FTA were women more likely to use when asking questions?
Negative FTA
What type of questions did Lakoff identify women used more?
Tag questions
How was women’s grammar and pronunciation different to men according to Lakoff?
Women were more likely to do hypercorrection
Which imperatives were women more likely to use according to Lakoff? Give an example or else
“Wh” Imperatives such as, “Why dont you make me a cup of tea?”
According to Lakoff, which gender apolgises more?
Women
What approach does Lakoff’s study fall under?
The Deficit Model
How can O’Barr and Atkins’ Study add on to the idea of men who fit in to Lakoff’s claims?
Men who have the same attributes could be described in more feminine ways
What is a criticism of Lakoff’s study? (Not O’Barr and Atkins)
Spenders book suggests that women were trapped in a world where they had not constructed the language as men had historically controlled the meanings.
What is a criticism of Lakoffs study in terms of how she got this data showing that language women used was weaker than mens language?
She did not base it on any research she could have gathered
Why was Lakoff’s idea of womens language likely still successful even though it was not a very valid claim?
It likely aligned with the ideas of men in society in the mid 1970s
