Approach
Masculine
Feminine
Types
100
An approach which assumed that the speech of women was inferior to that of men
What is the deficit approach
100
Statements designed to inflate the speaker’s status
What are one-ups?
100
Use of words or phrases that show agreement or comprehension or encourage the speaker to continue
What is back-channeling?
100
Competitive, direct, brief, and detached
What is masculine speech?
200
An approach that assumed male speech was naturally assertive and female speech naturally passive
What is the dominance approach?
200
Teasing remarks designed to challenge the status of another individual during conversation
What is competitive banter?
200
Brief rhetorical questions placed at the end of declarative sentences
What are Tag-questions
200
Seeks consensus and is indirect, polite, detailed, and emotional
What is feminine speech?
300
Views gender not as something that one has, but as something one does.
What is the dynamic approach?
300
Violates the rules of turn taking
What is interruption?
300
Modifying words such as “like,” “you know,” or “sort of” that are used to lessen the impact of what is said
What are Hedges?
300
Greetings, invitations, commands, requests, apologies, complaints, insults, and compliments
What are speech acts?
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