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Language & Gender by Hall et al.

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which line is most likely women's language according to Lakoff's dominance/deficit model?

a)

Oh dear, you've put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.

b)

Shit, you've put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.

2.

Janice: This soup is bl****y disgusting!! Passers-by who notices Janice: Luckily our daughter doesn't behave like that. What concept does this most clearly show?

a)

Language variation

b)

Hyper-correction

c)

Speech communities

d)

Indexicality

3.

In the army, one is expected to endure physical and mental challenges as a soldier. Which concept does this most clearly show?

a)

Language attitudes

b)

Indexicality

c)

Community of Practice

d)

Covert prestige

4.

Drag queens emphasise their hybrid identities by combining linguistic features that are stereotypically masculine (use of swear words), feminine (hypercorrection) and gay (gay slang words).

What concept does this most clearly show?

a)

Dominance

b)

Gender performativity

c)

Intersectionality

d)

Women’s language

5.

Which of the following groups are cis-gender women?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
6.

Barrett (2017) studied various US gay male subcultures in his book "From Drag Queens to Leathermen" . Which of the following did he NOT study?

a)

radical fairies

b)

barebackers

c)

circuit boys

d)

sequiners

7.

Which of the following groups of people did NOT show the effects of race on their gender practices?

a)

African American women’s speech styles.

b)

High school students in Detroit, USA.

c)

Rival Mexican American girl gangs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

d)

French-Algerian teenage girls in Paris.

e)

Moroccan girls in Spain.

8.

Which of the following institutions are LEAST likely to have an effect on gendered speech?

a)

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

b)

Little Paddington Preschool

c)

The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)

d)

Shopee.

9.

“Speech acts necessitate the body” (Pinto, 2012). Which of the following are NOT examples of embodiment in language & gender as discussed in the reading?

a)

Gestures

b)

Self-harm

c)

Hairstyles

d)

Tattoos

e)

Personal space

10.

Which researcher did NOT study the role of media in its portrayal of women, according to the reading?

a)

Miller, 2004.

b)

Gagné, 2008.

c)

Hiramoto, 2012.

d)

Slobe, 2018.