Women are often relegated to a sub-standard status through the use of diminutive suffixes as in words such as suffragette, waitress, and actress. This is an example of which connection between language and gender?
a. None of these choices
b. Language organizing perceptions of gender
c. Language shaping awareness of issues
d. Language evaluating gender
e. Language defining men and women differently
d
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In testing the validity of the argument in question 13, you would well advised to ask
(a) are the dissimilarities between the leader of a country and a fictional movie character so great as to adversely influence perception of the implied similarities in the analogy? (b) are sufficient cases of instances cited as grounds to ensure the reliability of the generalization? (c) is the relationship described consistent with the views of a majority or minority of experts in the field? (d) All of the above
Indexing your comments and remarks is a way to avoid which of the following word barriers?
A) words are arbitrary B) allness C) static evaluation D) polarization