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Deborah Tannen's research on the speech habits of men and women has revealed that
 
  A. there are no discernible differences between the way men and women use language.
  B. men tend to make eye contact more frequently than women.
  C. women tend to recite information in an attempt to solidify their position in a social hierarchy.
  D. men rely more on nonverbal gestures than do women.
  E. women tend to use language to build social connections with others.

Question 2

Most professional linguists regard AAVE as a(n)
 
  A. protolanguage.
  B. distinct language.
  C. linguistic anomaly.
  D. dialect of English.
  E. inferior version of English.



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Answer to Question 1

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