Lakoff and recap quiz

For the work of Lakoff, it is important to remember that she wrote these observations in

One of her features of women's language is that women

• don't speak enough

• talk too much

• only speak when spoken to

One of her features of women's language is that women

• use empty adjectives

• do not use adjectives

• use adjectives that add extra info to conversations

One of her features of women's language is that women

• avoid hedges

• use hedges more than men do

• use hedges less than men do

One of her features of women's language is that women

• women swear more than men

• women swear as much as men

• women don't swear at all

• women swear less than men

Lakoff states that women use tags and hedges...

• to soften and not impose views on others

• to make their conversation more interesting

• to entertain when they speak

Holmes states that women use more tags than men because.....

• they do not want to impose their views on others

• they are facilitating a conversation

• they are uncertain of what they are saying

Research suggests that people think that women who have a lower pitched voice make better leaders because....

• they are seen as more masculine

• we associate lower voices with trust, authority and control

• they are bossy

Which of the following are types of tags? (multiple responses)

• facilitative

• epistemic modal

• softening

• challenging

A facilitative tag serves to...

• dominate the conversation

• soften a point being made

• invite others to join in a conversation