Gender and Interaction: The Women's Language Hypothesis

Who created the Women's Language Hypothesis?

How many 'features' of women's language did Robin Lakoff identify?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

Changing a statement by putting a question on the end is called a

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of a lexical hedge or filler?

• you know

• very nice

• divine

• fudge

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of a tag question?

• she's very nice, isn't she?

• it's really good

• charming

• aquamarine

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of rising intonation on declaratives?

• it's really good

• fudge

• you know

• indirect requests

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of an 'empty' adjective?

• divine

• fudge

• you know

• indirect requests

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of a precise color term?

• aquamarine

• fudge

• divine

• you know

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of an intensifier?

• I like him so much

• fudge

• charming

• indirect requests

According to Lakoff's features of Women's Language, what is an example of 'hypercorrect' grammar?

• it's you and I not you and me

• fudge

• divine

• aquamarine