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Influence of Communication Partner's Gender on Language

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ID2350473
AuthorsAdrienne B Hancock (0000-0003-0396-0843, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA), Benjamin Rubin (George Washington University), Benjamin A Rubin (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Year2015
Volume34
Issue1
Pages46-64
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x14533197
OpenAlexW2161180874
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited31

Forty participants (20 male) had 3-minute conversations with trained male and female communication partners in a repeated-measures, within-subject design. Eighty 3-minute conversations were transcribed and coded for dependent clauses, fillers, tag questions, intensive adverbs, negations, hedges, personal pronouns, self-references, justifiers, and interruptions. Results suggest no significant changes in language based on speaker gender. However, when speaking with a female, participants interrupted more and used more dependent clauses than when speaking with a male. There was no significant interaction to suggest that the language differences based on communication partner was specific to one gender group. These results are discussed in context of previous research, communication accommodation theory, and general process model for gendered language

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