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The aim is to explore how female and male legislators use language differently in Congressional debates.

Language and gender in Congressional speech

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The aim is to explore how female and male legislators use language differently in Congressional debates.
Analyzed a large corpus of Congressional speeches from the 101st to the 110th Congress (1989–2008)
Conducted trend analysis to identify consistent gender language differences over the years
Female legislators showed both feminine (more emotion words) and masculine (more nouns and long words) language characteristics.
Trend analysis revealed persistent gender differences in language use across various debate topics over two decades.

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Examines language style differences by gender in Congressional speeches, indicating persistent patterns over time.

Bei Yu (2013) studied this question.

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