Gender preferential responses to speech

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-290

  Hannah, Annette ^a,b   Murachver, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conversation; Gender; Language use; Male female dyads; Speech style

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548064069     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X06303457     Document Type: Review

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