Gay Male Speech Characteristics Quiz
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What has scientific research revealed about gay male speech?

  • Gay speech characteristics are not stigmatized
  • Gay speech characteristics are innate ways of speaking
  • Listeners can accurately guess speakers' sexual orientation at rates greater than chance (correct)
  • Gay speech entirely adopts feminine speech characteristics
  • How have historically gay male speech characteristics been viewed?

  • Coded to a wide range of settings
  • Accepted and celebrated
  • Considered innate
  • Highly stigmatized (correct)
  • What do researchers confirm about the 'gay lisp'?

  • It is sometimes known as the gay lisp, though researchers confirm that it is n (correct)
  • It is an innate speech characteristic of gay men
  • It is a widely accepted speech pattern in all settings
  • It is a feature entirely adopted from feminine speech
  • How are gay speech characteristics believed to be acquired?

    <p>Learned ways of speaking, like many aspects of language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where may the usage of gay speech characteristics be sometimes coded to?

    <p>A limited number of settings outside of the workplace or other public spaces</p> Signup and view all the answers

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