TY - BOOK AU - Locke, John L TI - Duels and duets: why men and women talk so differently SN - 9780521887137 U1 - 302.346 PY - 2011/// PB - Cambridge university press KW - Oral communication - Sex differences KW - Conversation analysis N1 - Includes index N2 - Why do men and women talk so differently? And how do these differences interfere with communication between the sexes? In search of an answer to these and other questions, John Locke takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from human evolution through ancient history to the present, revealing why men speak as they do when attempting to impress or seduce women, and why women adopt a very different way of talking when bonding with each other, or discussing rivals ER -