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Peer reviewedSingh, Rajendra; Lele, Jayant K. – Language in Society, 1990
A critical examination of the findings of Valentine (1985; 1986), studies devoted to cross-sex communication in Hindi and Indian English, is shown to reveal that the assumptions of the models on which such descriptions are based are not only nonexplanatory but also untenable. (20 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Females, Hindi, Males
Peer reviewedBaroni, Maria Rosa; D'Urso, Valentina – Language in Society, 1984
Reports on some experimental evidence in which politeness is not seen as part of the female register but instead as a social marker, indicating the status of the speaker and addressee in a given situation. (EKN)
Descriptors: Females, Language Research, Males, Sex Bias
Peer reviewedHolmes, Janet – Language in Society, 1986
Describes a range of forms and functions expressed by "you know," as well as its use by women and men in a corpus of spontaneous speech. Interesting contrasts were found in the most frequent functions expressed by "you know" in female and male usage. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Females, Function Words, Intonation
