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Zimmerman and West: Interruptions
Same-sex convo = interruptions distributed. Cross-sex convo = 46/48 interruptions done by men.Contrary to belief that women speak and interrupt more; men responsible for 96%.
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Jennifer Coates: Range
Men reject women topics of convo whereas, women accept men's topics of convos. Questions = invite others to convo; avoid expert role. Hedges = Encourage participation - mitigated utterences and encourage discussion. (prevent speaker hard-line)
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Dale Spender: Man made language
Intensifies (so, such) and Qualifiers (perhaps, maybe) show uncertainty when used by women and certainty and authority big men. (maybe you should do it again.)
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Minimal Responses
The support of listener to encourage speaker that they are engaging. Can be verbal or non - verbal speaking. ('mmm', 'yeah', 'I agree', nodding and smiling.) indicates listener is paying attention. Commonly used by woman.
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Jennifer Coates: Chattering Sexes
Women talk and overlap each other in convo because they are friends. 'Jamming session' metaphor describe women understanding topics, finishing each others sentences or say things at some time. Hedges - damp down force of utterences.
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JC: Chattering Sexes
Men prefer one-at-a-time structure. Overlapping and other features of female conversation avoided. Prefer impersonal topics such as beer and sports.
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Men reject women topics of convo whereas, women accept men's topics of convos. Questions = invite others to convo; avoid expert role. Hedges = Encourage participation - mitigated utterences and encourage discussion. (prevent speaker hard-line)

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Dale Spender: Man made language

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Minimal Responses

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Jennifer Coates: Chattering Sexes

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