Gendered word counts again
Language Log 2025-11-22
Summary:
The "words per day" thing has mostly gone quiet since it erupted in the media nearly 20 years ago — but here's a sensible replay: For more about the general background than you want to know, see "Neuroscience in the service of sexual stereotypes" (8/6/2006) "Sex-linked lexical budgets" (8/6/2006) "Sex and speaking rate" (8/7/2006) "Yet […]