1. Please read the following paragraph from an essay:
Language and gender are mutually influential. On the one hand,speakers of different genders use language differently to fit their communicative and socializing needs; on the otherhand, lan guage helps create and reinforce gender differences. Speakers of different genders can be said t o have different sets of expectations and different means of accessing language.
Please comment on this paragraph using concepts, arguments and examples from the readings (Moser, 1997, Yan 2008, and Zhang, 2007).
2. Imagine the two authors Pan (2011) and Gu (1990) met and conducted a conversation. Write a conversation between the two authors Pan (2011) and Gu (1990) based on the content of their articles. The conversation should be centered on the following topics: do they agree with each other? How do their papers relate to each other, particularly how does Pans work support (or falsify) Gus work on politeness in Chinese?
Pan: I agree/disagree with your proposal of politeness theory in Chinese
Gu:
3. Write down two notions (or two theories, or two arguments) discussed in this semester that have left you a very deep impression and resonate with you. Please provide detailed accounts for why they left you such a deep impression by drawing on the readings and related it to your own experience. Also, how are the two notions related?