Which Is Not One of the Three Main Steps of Grounding

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which is not one of the three main steps of grounding?

• A) A speaker presents some new information.
• B) An addressee indicates or displays that he or she understood the new information
• C) The addressee repairs any misunderstanding.
• D) The speaker acknowledges that the addressee understood correctly

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Definitions:

Androgyny

The combination of masculine and feminine characteristics into an ambiguous form, often in terms of appearance or behavior.

Gender Variation

Refers to the diversity in how individuals experience, express, or identify their gender, which may not conform to societal norms.

Social Construction Theory

Views gender as a set of practices and performances that occur through language and a political system.

Queer Theory

Identifies sexuality as a system that cannot be understood as gender neutral or by the actions of heterosexual males and females. It proposes that one’s sexual identity and one’s gender identity are partly or wholly socially constructed.