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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.

Thank You.
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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