Women's language is deficient to men's due to specific language features that they use. They don't want to impose. e.g. tag question, super polite forms, hedges and apologies.
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O'Barr and Atkins
Courtroom Study. Both genders use 'deficient' language features in cases where they feel threatened. These are not features of women's language, but weak language.
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Deborah Cameron
Power lies in the unmarked form, whereas women's terms are marked with suffixes e.g. 'ette'
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Courtroom Study. Both genders use 'deficient' language features in cases where they feel threatened. These are not features of women's language, but weak language.
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