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What do you think "it" refers to?


A second, equally compelling explanation for the women-use-more-powerless language finding comes from scholars who point out that what powerless speech sacrifices is potency it gains by building rapport between speaker and receiver.

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Hi..

What do you think "it" refers to?


A second, equally compelling explanation for the women-use-more-powerless language finding comes from scholars who point out that what powerless speech sacrifices is potency it gains by building rapport between speaker and receiver.

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it refers to powerless speech
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A second, equally compelling explanation for the women-use-more-powerless language finding comes from scholars who point out that what powerless speech sacrifices is potency it gains by building rapport between speaker and receiver.
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