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Schegloff, Emanuel A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Recent work on the occurrence of "uh" and "uhm" in ordinary talk-in-interaction is concerned almost exclusively with its relation to trouble in the speech production process. After touching briefly on this environment of occurrence, this conversation-analytic article focuses attention on several interactional environments in which "uh(m)" figures…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Standard Spoken Usage, Sociolinguistics, Language Patterns
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Newman, Matthew L.; Groom, Carla J.; Handelman, Lori D.; Pennebaker, James W. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Differences in the ways that men and women use language have long been of interest in the study of discourse. Despite extensive theorizing, actual empirical investigations have yet to converge on a coherent picture of gender differences in language. A significant reason is the lack of agreement over the best way to analyze language. In this…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Language Usage, Oral Language, Language Patterns