Intonation in a Man's World

If one were to examine the literature on men's and women's speech, one would conclude that it was a rare phenomenon, found mostly among extinct American Indian tribes. It has been reported mostly by linguists who were also anthropologists, for cases in which the grammar or phonology of the language could be stated only by taking it into account. Working out from ordinary linguistics then, one would have to conclude that in most societies men and women talk alike. That is a