The document summarizes research on gender and language, focusing on how language use differs between men and women. It discusses theories from Robin Lakoff on politeness maxims typically used more by women. Features said to distinguish women's language are analyzed based on dialogues from A Doll's House, including questioning intonation, empty adjectives, intensifiers, qualifiers, model constructions, WH- imperatives, and hedging. However, the text finds examples of male characters also using these supposed women's language features, contradicting some of Lakoff's claims.