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Gender Differences in Language Use: An Analysis of 14,000 Text Samples
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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 research, gender differences in language use were examined using standardized categories to analyze a database of over 14,000 text files from 70 separate studies. Women used more words related to psychological and social processes. Men referred more to object properties and impersonal topics. Although these effects were largely consistent across different contexts, the pattern of variation suggests that gender differences are larger on tasks that place fewer constraints on language use.
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- Authors
- Newman, M. L., Groom, C. J., Handelman, L. D., & Pennebaker, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Department for Work and Pensions (GB)
- Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) (GB)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- ORCID
- Pennebaker, James W.
- Venue
- Discourse Processes
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-05-15
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 211-236
- ISSN
- 0163-853X (ISSN-L)
- 1532-6950
- OpenAlex
- W2139875525
- Cited by
- 788
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 27.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Discourse Processes (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies in Language
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Keywords
- gender differences in language, language use, women's language, men's language, text analysis, topic categories, object properties, discourse analysis
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