The Secret Language Code (The Hidden Meaning of Pronouns)

The Secret Language Code (The Hidden Meaning of Pronouns). "One of the most interesting results was part of a study my students and I conducted dealing with status in email correspondence. Basically, we discovered that in any interaction, the person with the higher status uses I-words less (yes, less) than people who are low in status. The effects were quite robust and, naturally, I wanted to test this on myself. I always assumed that I was a warm, egalitarian kind of guy who treated people pretty much the same." Click through for the results. Pretty interesting stuff.