Conversations between older men and women: turn-taking and topics.
Five dyads of older men paired with older women were compared on the pragmatic variables of turn-taking and topicalization. Men talked longer and more often while women served to reinforce and maintain the conversational topics.
Martin
M
M
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 72204, USA.
Davis
P
P
Dancer
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014705:Verbal Behavior