What have I found and could test?
Deborah Tannen-DT
Title-'That's not what I meant!'
first published-1987
240 pages
'how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others'
Part of the book shows how people use loudness and fast pace replies to show they were listening and understood.
This could be tested to see how people respond when someone says something agreeable and disagreeable to see what they do when replying.
Peter Stockwell 2002
'men's turns last longer '
Test this by having men and women in a conversation together in a situation where there is no occupation factors so the data is reliable.
