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Males' and females' conversational behavior in cross-sex dyads: From gender differences to gender similarities.

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Pillon, Agnesa [UCL] Degauquier, Catherine [Université de Mons-Hainaut] Duquesne, François [Université de Mons-Hainaut]

We investigated gender differences in conversational behavior in an experimental setting. Twenty men and 20 women were randomly paired in 20 dyads and were asked to discuss a given topic. We examined the transcripts through a varied range of behavioral variables. First we analyzed the sequential ordering of utterances in order to establish the way male and female speakers take the floor and get involved in the sequence and topic structuring of dialogues. Second we coded the male and female utterances according to the language functions they expressed. Contrary to what has often been claimed, it was found that males' and females' conversational behavior betrays more similarities than differences. The discrepancies between these findings and those of previous studies are discussed relative to methodological and situational differences across studies

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 1992
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Psycholinguistic Research" - Vol. 21, p. 147-172 (1992)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer New York LLC ((United States) New York)
issn 0090-6905
e-issn 1573-6555
Publication status Publié
Affiliation Université de Mons-Hainaut - Service de Linguistique
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Bibliographic reference Pillon, Agnesa ; Degauquier, Catherine ; Duquesne, François. Males' and females' conversational behavior in cross-sex dyads: From gender differences to gender similarities.. In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 21, p. 147-172 (1992)
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