Science · 2007 · 541 citations · 4 references
Language StudiesLinguisticsPsychologyGenderPsycholinguisticsSociolinguisticsConversation AnalysisGender DifferencesPerformative UtterancesSpeech AcousticsVerbal BehaviorVoice PerceptionFemale SpeechGender Differences In CommunicationGender Perception From VoiceGendered Lexical VariationSpeech Of Women
Women are generally assumed to be more talkative than men. Data were analyzed from 396 participants who wore a voice recorder that sampled ambient sounds for several days. Participants' daily word use was extrapolated from the number of recorded words. Women and men both spoke about 16,000 words per day.
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