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17 Cards in this Set
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what does sex mean?
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biological differences between males and females
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what does gender mean?
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the diefference in behaviour and roles that are a result of societys expectations.
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what does socilisation process mean?
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a process by which individuals behaviours are conditioned and s haped.
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what does actor mean?
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the individual for the action of a verb process.
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what does affected mean?
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the person affected by a material action process.
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what does marked form mean?
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that which stands out as different from a norm.
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what does unmarked form mean?
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the measured norm aganist which marked lexical items can be compared.
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what does covert marking mean?
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marking that is understood.
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what does overt marking mean?
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marking that takes place through affixation or modification
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what does streotyping mean?
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assigning a general set of chracterisitcs to a group as a whole often with negative connotation.
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what does semantice derogaton mean?
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the sense of negative meaning or connotation that some lexical items have attached to them.
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what does semantice deterioration mean?
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the process by which negative connotations become attached to lexical items.
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what does folklinguistics mean?
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attitudes and assumptions about language that have no real evidence to support them.
e.g women are more chatty than men. |
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what does covert prestige mean?
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a form of high status given to non standard forms
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what does a tag question mean?
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a group of words that turn a declarative into an interrogative.
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what is a hedging device?
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a linguistic device used to express uncertainity.
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what is a boiisting device?
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a lingustic device used to intensify the force of an expression for added emphasis or power.
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