So Im reading this paper about how you can tell difference in gender of an author based upon the writing (and now Im wondering what the gender is of whoever wrote it, haha). Its really interesting, but I found something very clever... Look at the last two sentences, lol. The difference in usage of singular first-person pronouns is somewhat mitigated in fiction, presumably partially neutralized by conventions of narration and dialogue. That is, both men and women writers provide dialogue in fiction, and thereby tend to use first-person pronouns at about the same rate. Especially interesting is the fact that in fiction it is males who use plural first-person pronouns with significantly greater frequency. We will speculate on the reason for this below.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:33:38 +0000
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