Boys tend to use more non grammatical forms than girls, such as 'ain't'
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What is O'Barr and Atkins theory?
Found that lack of power came from job status rather than from gender, such as women in court rooms
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What is the dominance model?
By Zimmerman and West, mixed conversation where men interrupted 55 times and the woman only twice - although could have been one person, unfair reading
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What did Tannen do?
Information vs feelings, status vs compromise, understanding vs advice, orders vs proposals
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What did Trudgill state?
Womens' pronunciation is closer to RP than males
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What is Chesire's theory?
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Boys tend to use more non grammatical forms than girls, such as 'ain't'
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