English Language - Sex, Gender and Language - Language Diversity

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Introduction to Gender, Sex and Language
How many different aspects will b...,
What is the first aspect that wil...,
What will the language variations...
8  cards
Linguistic Definitions of Sex and Gender
Define what sex means in terms of...,
What is an example of a biologica...,
What does gender mean when talkin...
5  cards
Folklinguistics
Define folklinguistics 1,
How do the 4 d approaches relate ...,
Which of the 4 d approaches was t...
19  cards
Linguistic Determinism, Linguistic Reflectionism, Linguistic Relativism
What is linguistic determinism 1,
Give an example of linguistic det...,
What is linguistic relfectionism 3
6  cards
Language Variations: The 4 D's and Studies covering these
What are the 4 d approaches do no...,
Name the 4 d approaches 2,
Which of the 3 d s are covered fi...
5  cards
Language Variations: Jespersen
When did jespersen do his research 1,
What was the situation for women ...,
What did jespersen publish 3
10  cards
Language Variations: Lakoff
What wave of feminism was taking ...,
What did lakoff claim in her book 2,
What examples sort of and kind of...
12  cards
Language Variations: Zimmerman and West
When did zimmerman and west do th...,
What did zimmerman and west look ...,
How many conversations did zimmer...
14  cards
Language Variations: O'Barr and Atkins
What did o barr and atkins challe...,
Where did o barr and atkins do th...,
Why did o barr and atkins do thei...
8  cards
Language Variations: Spender
What did spender argue 1,
What pronoun is used to refer to ...,
What did spender say had resulted...
3  cards
Language Variations: Holmes
What did holmes look at in her st...,
What is one of the reasons that h...,
What did holmes find with the amo...
7  cards
Language Variations: Tannen
What did tannen argue 1,
What are the 2 purposes of using ...,
What is the purpose of language u...
9  cards
Diversity Theorists: All studies names and their concepts
How many diversity theorists are ...,
Who published the myth of mars an...,
Who created the gender similariti...
6  cards
Diversity Theorists: Cameron
What does cameron say about men a...,
According to cameron do men use l...,
What did cameron find with a nort...
6  cards
Diversity Theorists: Eckert
What was eckert s criticism about...,
Define gender 2,
Define sex according to eckert 3
7  cards
Diversity Theorists: Eckert - Jocks and Burnouts
Where did eckert do this study 1,
What social class were the jocks ...,
What social class were the burnou...
9  cards
Diversity Theorists: Hyde
What does hyde s gender similarit...,
What did hyde argue the differenc...,
What did hyde want to happen to g...
6  cards
Diversity Theorists: Butler
What does butler claim with how p...,
What does butler claim the result...,
What are women taught to do in so...
9  cards
Arguments against Policing Womens Language
What filler have women been told ...,
What type of fta is filler more l...,
What type of way of speaking must...
13  cards
Lavender Linguistics and Connotations of certain words
Define lavender linguistics 1,
What was the old definition for t...,
What acronym is the word queer no...
19  cards
Leap and Baker on Lavender Linguistics
What decade was the term lavender...,
What did leap do to the term lave...,
What does leap say about the diff...
6  cards
Polari Language
Which people in society speak usi...,
What was initially the purpose of...,
Name a word from polari that has ...
7  cards

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