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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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Communication --- Eavesdropping --- Sociolinguistics --- Psychological aspects --- History --- Psycholinguistics --- Historical linguistics --- Communication - Psychological aspects --- Eavesdropping - History --- Eavesdropping - Psychological aspects

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Why we can't resist listening in on our neighboursEavesdropping has a bad name. It is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen, and where such words as cheating and spying come into play. But eavesdropping may also be an attempt to understand what goes on in the lives of others so as to know better how to live one's own. John Locke's entertaining and disturbing account explores everything from sixteenth-century voyeurism to Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'; from chimpanzee behaviour to Parisian caf--eacute--; society; fromprivate eyes to Facebook and Twitter. He uncover

Eavesdropping. --- Sociolinguistics.