This is interesting more for its approach than its results. By not categorising interruptions as either competitive or co-operative (back-channel) it is ridiculous to say that it is as clear-cut as the results suggest. Women get interrupted more, and women feel more able to interrupt women? Or is the work far more collaborative where women speakers are involved? The investigator does some useful evaluation of his approaches but doesn't address this flaw. Worth reading to inform your investigation methodology.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13422&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Edit: apparently Kieran is a woman. I could have edited it invisibly but it just illustrates gender assumption issues.
PPS reading this again much later, I realise I hadn't indicated a gender (perhaps I am getting more into the habit of sidelining gender-marking where it is not relevant) but I had assumed Kieran was a man's name, even though in the article it clearly states "her". I missed it. Always read the contextual information carefully ;)
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