Complimenting and involvement in peer reviews: Gender variation

The data base is a set of 47 peer reviews of academic papers written by graduate students in the form of letters. Found that women made significantly greater use of compliment intensifiers and personal referencing. Illustrates specific ways that gender is involved in being polite and in creating and...

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Published in:Language in society 1992-03, Vol.21 (Mar 92), p.27-57
Main Authors: Johnson, D M, Roen, D H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Compliments
Essays
Gender differences
Peer reviews
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Summary:The data base is a set of 47 peer reviews of academic papers written by graduate students in the form of letters. Found that women made significantly greater use of compliment intensifiers and personal referencing. Illustrates specific ways that gender is involved in being polite and in creating and sustaining a sense of involvement in written discourse. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0047-4045