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Describe and explain how the composition of conversational groups displays the spoken interactive style of men and women. * * * The composition of a conversational group will often result in the use of greatly contrasting strategies depending on the gender of those within the conversation. Spoken interaction varies considerably between men and women, directly affecting how a conversation will play out. These differences will be most obvious in mixed-gender conversation. Research by the likes of Mark Liberman gives us an insight into male behaviour, supported by the earlier work of Fisherman. Both researchers highlight he fact that men speak for much greater stretches of time while using a greater number of words, in comparison to women. We can see then, that males would appear to be dominant in conversation. This differs when the composition of a conversational group consists entirely of women, or men. In these cases we know that males speak...

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