Edexcel a level itali - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EDEXCEL A LEVEL ITALIAN QUESTION PAPER 1 (LATEST ) Lakoff's Deficit Model - CORRECT ANSWER-Features of women's language Women tend to apologise more, use tag questions, hedges, empty adjectives, avoid cursing Features of 'women's language' reflected women's inferior social status O'Barr and Atkins 'Powerless Language' - CORRECT ANSWER-Alternative to the deficit model Found that gender was less important than overall social status and therefore 'powerless language' was a more effecti...

EDEXCEL A LEVEL ITALIAN QUESTION PAPER 1 (LATEST ) Lakoff's Deficit Model - CORRECT ANSWER-Features of women's language Women tend to apologise more, use tag questions, hedges, empty adjectives, avoid cursing Features of 'women's language' reflected women's inferior social status O'Barr and Atkins 'Powerless Language' - CORRECT ANSWER-Alternative to the deficit model Found that gender was less important than overall social status and therefore 'powerless language' was a more effecti...