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Two Examples of Female and Male Conversational Style

Example (1) is an all-female conversation illustrating the high involvement of the speakers in the conversation with frequently occurring simultaneous talk.

(Source: Coates in Coates 1998: 231f.)

Example (2) is a male's monologue showing the possibility of long pauses within a speaker’s turn at talk

(Source: Pilkington in Coates 1998: 263)

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