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Speech Interruption

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This paper tried to investigate one of the differences in speech between men and women Interruption. The research aimed to evaluate interruption index and investigating the important factors which affect interruption like using direct comments, deviation of the subject and doubtful verbs and adverbs. Based on the interruption index and three important factors, the research conducted among 10 people both men and women in Tehran. In this research men and women according to their social positions in different situations presented different behaviors based on the application of interruption. According to this paper gender-based view was obvious in this community.

Introduction
Language behaviors are complicated and individual phenomena and usually …show more content…

In order to achieve the result language factors and gender differences examined in this paper. As mentioned above three important factors influence speech interruption. It is concluded that there is a direct relationship between direct comments and the rate of speech interruption. Previous researches show that 59 percent of direct comments relate to women that show the precision and sensitivity of women in confronting with men. The major part of subject deviation belongs to men. Maybe the degree of subject deviation related to the speakers interest to that particular subject. It means that how much the interest to the topic is high for a person the degree of subject deviation would decrease. On the other hand rate of subject deviation and speech interruption has converse …show more content…

Suppose person A and B. The A is a man and B is woman. The A shows language behavior of himself according to his maleness and also affects B's language behavior. Based on this paper the degree of speech interruption is more than men that is depend on environment and gender of other speaker.

References
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- DeFrancisco, V. L. (1998). "The sounds of silence: How men silence women in material relations" in J. Coates (Ed.). Language and gender. Oxford: Blackwell: Pp. 176-84.
- Githens, S. (1991). “Men and women in conversation: An Analysis of Gender styles in Language”. On line: www.Gender styles.net
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