%A ?. ?. ??????? %J West East Journal of Social Sciences. %T Interaction and ?Standard English?: Gender Matters %X This paper examines the influence of existing male and female language stereotypes in ?Standard English? and it also focuses on specific genres: verbal activity types, with specific social roles assigned for participants. Conversation ? an informal, private genre of talk ? is in its focus. The goal is to contribute to a better understanding of the division of conversational labor, male-female distinct ?interactional styles?, politeness strategies used by women and men. %N 1 %K gender; gender language stereotypes; social roles, interactional styles %P 56-62 %V 2 %D 2013 %I International On-line journal. %L zu214751