My success depends on the partners lexicon

It is not important what you say on a first date, such as what words use. The researchers found that people brings the ability to speak the same language.

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Researchers from Texas Tech University say that using the same functional words and phrases in his speech, people are more likely to pair after first date Than those who speak "different languages". By functional words, scientists mean the English articles, which are not used in the Russian language, as well as the pronoun "he", "she", "it" and the word "and", "or", "but", "no".

"We were surprised how these linguistic similarities contribute to the stability of relations in pairs, - says study author Professor Molly Ireland. - Man is not a very good way to predict lucky if he found an attractive partner first date Even when looking at pictures. We found that the similarity and difference of language predicts success better goodbye than the participants themselves. "

Ireland together with his colleagues followed the 40 so-called Express travelers between heterosexual men and women, carefully analyzed the vocabulary of potential partners. It was possible to find a direct link between the presence of the same word and the probability function of the second visits the couple, that is actually a success bye first. Also, the similarity in vocabulary and increased the chances of saving a pair of three months after the first meeting.

Furthermore, this linguistic characteristics predicted the success of meeting more accurately than all other factors, including the appearance of men and women, as well as the number of words that they spoke to each other during the first meeting. (READ MORE)

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