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Gendered language in conversations is not context-independent. Using specific language tokens influences interaction, regardless of interlocutor gender, impacting perceptions and challenging existing gender-as-culture hypotheses.

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Background:

The gender-as-culture hypothesis suggests specific gendered language tokens exist.
Previous research has not fully explored these tokens in interactive discourse.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the presence and impact of gendered language tokens in interactive discourse.
To test the context-dependency of gendered language use.

Main Methods:

Study One: Analyzed a chat corpus for eight proposed gendered language tokens.
Study Two: Trained confederates to use specific gendered tokens in chats and observed participant responses.

Main Results:

Only three of eight hypothesized tokens differed in male-male dyads.
Confederate use of gendered tokens prompted interlocutors to use the same tokens.
Perception of confederates was influenced by token use, irrespective of confederate gender.

Conclusions:

Gendered language is not context-independent, contrary to the gender-as-culture hypothesis.
Gendered language does not solely emerge when gender is made salient (e.g., in mixed-gender groups).
Interactive discourse dynamics play a crucial role in gendered language use and perception.