CROSS-CULTURAL VARIABILITY IN THE SPEECH OF MEN AND WOMEN

Gender differences in the use of language have become a common problem in daily conversations in our lives. When we use language regularly we often create differences between each other. These differences usually occurs between men and women. Gender difference in speech became an important issue of research within the field of sociolinguistics in the twentieth century. Therefore, as a much-debated topic for years, a large number of studies have been conducted on the gender-bound language use in various languages. Since language is an enormous area of study, various aspects of language have been covered; from the purpose of language employment to different language patterns commonly used by men and women.