Male/female language differences and attributional consequences in a public speaking situation: Toward an explanation of the gender‐linked language effect

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• Anthony Mulac and fames J. Bradac are Professors of Communication Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara; and Torborg Louisa Lundell is Associate Professor of Swedish and Comparative Literature at the same institution.
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