Base Knowledge 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and genderASAQA Created by: IzzyCavaciutiCreated on: 13-05-19 13:50 What happen to certain pronouns, based on gender of the noun? They change 1 of 9 What are marked nouns? These are nouns that take different forms, based on the subjects gender. 2 of 9 How is politically correctness trying to change marked words? They want to remove the sexist marked words and replace them with generic terms. 3 of 9 What is the meaning of semantic degradation? Where the male and female forms of a word are not equal, due to the negative connotations of one. 4 of 9 Explain the meaning of a generic term. A term used in preference to gender specific ones, or coined where one does not already exist. 5 of 9 What is meant by "Male-As-Norm"? In many cases the norm, or standard is male, and the female term is still the subordinate one. 6 of 9 Give an example of a generic term that has been replaced by the male form Manager 7 of 9 Why might gender be ingrained in our language? English came from Anglo-Saxon which had a case system and three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter). 8 of 9 Why is it so hard to separate sexism from language? Some words, now commonly used, started off as sexist terms before they become widely used. 9 of 9
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