Gender schematicity, identity salience, and -linked language use
References to
Quantity
f
Any mention of an amount or quantity.
“…many important advances…”; “in 10 years…”;
“…no more collectivism.”
3.79
1.68
.98
Sentence Initial
Adverbials
f
An adverbial phrase at the beginning of
a sentence, that answers how, when,
or where regarding the main clause.
“Starting in 1992,…”; “In the year 2012,…”;
“With increasing technology…”; “However,…”;
“Hopefully,…”
1.59
.94
1.0
Uncertainty
Verbs
f
A verb phrase indicating a lack of
certainty or assuredness.
“…they will probably do…”; “…maybe we will
have…”; “…women seem to be having…”; “I
highly doubt…”
.58
.73
1.0
Mean Length of
Sentences
f
Number of words divided by the
number of sentences.
—
20.22
4.66
—
Words
Number of words.
—
181.73
59.49
1.0
Sentences
A word, or string of words, clauses or
phrases that form a syntactic unit,
usually ending with a period.
—
9.33
3.54
1.0
Notes:
a
All language features were coded with the exception of mean length sentences, which was computed using words and
sentences.
b
Examples are taken from actual transcripts used in the analyses of the current study.
c
Means are standardized for the
occurrence of the variable per 100 words, with the exception of words, sentences, and mean length of sentences.
d
Standard deviations
are also standardized per 100 words, with the exception of the same language variables.
e
Reliability measures are given for only those
language features coded.
f
These fifteen language variables were included in the analyses.
Convention