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Some experimental findings about the question of politeness and women's speech (Research note)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Maria Rosa Baroni  and
Valentina D'urso
Maria Rosa Baroni
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Padua
Valentina D'urso
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Padua
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A particular factor in linguistic variation which has often been connected to female speech is politeness, as first described by Lakoff (1973a, 1973b), manifested not only by means of intonation, but also through the use of particular formulae of courtesy, through the use of tag questions at the end of interrogatives, and the use of longer, less direct and peremptory sentences.

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Language in Society , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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