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    Linguistics Research: Language, Gender, and You--Part 2

    Hey all, I'm (still) working on a research paper for a linguistics seminar, and I was hoping to get your feedback on a couple of questions. 1. Do you feel that gender is important to your interactions online, either in games, on forums, or elsewhere? 2. Do you think a person's gender...
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    Linguistics Research: Language, Gender, and You

    Thanks very much for the criticism. As far as Hypothesis 1 goes, this is something that I'm still researching and it may well prove to be incorrect. We'll see. For Hypothesis 2, I didn't want to get into gendered style too much here because I didn't want to scare people away with a huge...
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    Linguistics Research: Language, Gender, and You

    Thanks everyone for the great responses. These are all really helpful.
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    Linguistics Research: Language, Gender, and You

    Hey all, I'm currently writing a research paper on Linguistic Performance of Gender in Online Communities. My focus is primarily on how gender can be manipulated in anonymous interaction on the internet. I would very much appreciate your comments and ideas. Here are my hypotheses, and some...