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genderlect theory  

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  • Genderlect theory proposes that there are separate languages based on gender. The core of this theory explains how different sets of linguistic features used by males and females develop through the gender acculturation process and how these gender-linked language features function as identity markers for women (or men) in their social contexts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Genderlect Theory]

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