Our Use of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests
>>> What you find is completely different from what most people would think. The person with the higher status uses the word "I" less.<p>Here's a hypothesis. The higher status person has learned to express their thoughts in a way that makes them seem more objective and authoritarian -- and less susceptible to negotiation or debate. The implicit assumption is that your words convey opinions, but their words convey facts.