Recent research has indicated that participants given transcripts to read were largely unable to identify the gender of people based on their word choice. This supports which approach to language and gender?
A. Significant differences
B. Minor differences
C. Linguistic relativity
D. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Answer (2)
The research indicates that participants cannot reliably identify gender based on word choice, supporting the Minor differences approach to language and gender. This suggests that while some variations exist, they are not significant enough to determine gender. Other theories, such as Significant differences and Linguistic relativity , do not align with these findings. ;
Based on the research findings that participants could not identify gender through word choice, the answer is the Minor differences approach to language and gender. This suggests that the variations that exist between genders in communication are not significant enough for reliable identification. Other approaches like Significant differences and Linguistic relativity do not support these findings.
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