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"Why do men and women talk so differently? And how do these differences interfere with communication between the sexes? In search of an answer to these and other questions, John Locke takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from human evolution through ancient history to the present, revealing why men speak as they do when attempting to impress or seduce women, and why women adopt a very different way of talking when bonding with each other, or discussing rivals. When men talk to men, Locke argues, they frequently engage in a type of 'dueling', locking verbal horns with their rivals in a way that enables them to compete for the things they need, mainly status and sex. By contrast, much of women's talk sounds more like a verbal 'duet', a harmonious way of achieving their goals by sharing intimate thoughts and feelings in private"--

Sociolinguistics --- Pragmatics --- Conversation analysis. --- Oral communication --- Sex differences. --- Analysis of conversation --- CA (Interpersonal communication) --- Conversational analysis --- Oral transmission --- Speech communication --- Verbal communication --- Communication --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Gender --- History --- Sex --- Gender roles --- Language use --- Theory --- Book --- Sex differences

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Linguistic change --- Language acquisition --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Phonology --- -Language acquisition --- KVH-BOM --- #KVHB:Fonologie --- #KVHB:Taalontwikkeling --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Acquisition --- Grammar, Comparative --- Language acquisition. --- Linguistic change. --- Language development. --- Phonetics. --- Speech --- Phonology. --- In infancy and childhood. --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology

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Phonetics --- Historical linguistics --- Psycholinguistics

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Language acquisition --- Vocabulary --- English language --- Word books --- Words, Stock of --- Diction --- Lexicology --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Acquisition