Language & Gender
This refers to the assumption that heterosexuality and cisgender identities are the norm, influencing language and social interactions
What is heteronormativity?
This is the acronym for African American English.
AAE
AAVE has a different meaning.
A type of bilingual education program where the second language is used as the main intstrument of instruction.
Instrumental Programs
The analysis of a person's speech, especially to assist in identifying or characterizing an individual or particular subgroup. Can be discriminatory
What is linguistic profiling?
This is the term that means 'a statement of goals as well as a program to achieve language maintenance or revitalization goals.
What is Language Planning
This is one of the ways gender can be revealed in online spaces. Example features can include verbosity (wordiness), assertiveness, use of profanity, (im)politeness,
What is discourse style?
One typically refers to groupings based on physical characteristics, while one focuses on shared cultural traits, such as language, history, and traditions.
What is the difference between ethnicity and race?
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Inner, Outer, Expanding Circle
- Absence of copula for contracted forms of 'is' and are (e.g. She___ nice)
- Habitual 'be' for habitual or intermittent activity (e.g. Sometimes my ears be itching. )
What are two linguistic features of AAVE/AAE?
Developments in language and culture which involve a mixture of global and local influences
What is Glocalization?
The ____________ model argues men and women speak differently because they belong to separate cultural groups with different norms.
What is the difference model?
This is the phenomenon that was occurring in the speeches of Barack Obamaduring his presidency and campaigns. (Articulate While Black)
What is codeswitching?
This educational program style includes the features of Accomodation Programs with the addition of explicit learning about language varieties and standardization.
One of the sociolinguistic hypotheses about the development of AAVE/AAE that states that AAVE/AAE was a creole that was developed through early contact between Africans and Europeans.
What is the Creolist Hypothesis?
A type of language planning which focuses on changing (usually elevating) the position of a language in a particular society
What is Status Planning?
This did not happen with Computer Mediated Communication because:
Anonymity online reduces accountability
People still use real names or identifiable things
What is gender equality/anonymity?
This concept provides a more nuanced understanding of language and ethnicity, acknowledging the active role of language in shaping and expressing identity, and the diversity of linguistic practices within ethnic groups.
What is an 'ethnolinguistic repertoire'?
This referes to meaning that is not explicitly stated, but comes from shared knowledge.
Implicit Meaning
Examples of this can be :
Gender-based Forms of Address ('Ms', 'Miss', 'Mrs' versus 'Mr')
Relationships of Association ('husband and wife' not 'wife and husband')
Generic 'he' and 'man'
Gendered Occupational Terms (policeman/policewoman)
How can language be considered 'sexist'?
A type of language planning which involves the selection and codification of language norms
What is Corpus Planning?
This refers to a way of thinking, acting, and being that is associated with a particular social group and identity and is about how people enact and recognize socially and historically significant identities
What is Discourse (with the capital D)?
Cajun English, Latino Englishes, Asian Englishes, Jewish English, Lumbee English.
What are examples of ethnic varieties of American English
In the realm of language & education this type of 'code' referes to the use standard grammar, order, syntax, complex sentences & devices, complex temporal, frequent use of ‘I’, complicated use of adverbs and adjectives
What is elaborate code?
The _________ model focuses on men's language as the standard and women's language as insufficient as it differs from the norm
The deficiency model
This current perspective in sociolinguistics examines how language shapes and is shaped by social power relations, challenging the idea of fixed or stable meanings. Unstructured.
What is post-structuralism?