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deesands

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Linguistic sexism
 
  A) refers to ways in which language devalues members of one sex.
  B) involves ignoring women all together.
  C) includes the smaller problem of semantic derogation.
  D) all of the above

Question 2

When a word that has a neutral connotation becomes debased over time or takes on a negative or derogatory connotation over time, the process known as __________ has occurred.
 
  A) symbolic annihilation
  B) semantic derogation
  C) cultural lag
  D) linguistic substitution


Mholman93

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


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