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Publication details [#60339]

Hancock, Adrienne B. and Benjamin A. Rubin. 2015. Influence of Communication Partner’s Gender on Language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 34 (1) : 46–64.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accommodation theory | discourse analysis | dyadic interaction | gender | interruption

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Male interlocutors in 3-minute conversations employed more interruptions and dependent clauses when talking to a woman than to a man. These language differences as to communication partner do not appear related to one gender group. Result debate includes communication accommodation theory.