Evaluation of the speech style of the Iranian Asthma and Allergy Research Institute's staff based on gender, age and education

In Persian society, examination of the staff's administrative culture in terms of speech style, is one of the topics that has not been carefully examined. The present research is given in order to explain the relation between nonverbal variables such as gender, education, age and use of Persian speech styles in conversations within social linguistic. Theoretical foundations are based on researches by people like William labav, Trudgill and other linguists. The data were analyzed by parametric and nonparametric test such as T-test, Pearson's Correlation test, Chi-Square. Statistical population were selected randomly within the employees of Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute. The prepared questionnaire base on gender, education and age of employees in various speech situations. The results were as follows: 1) Female personnel are more polite in their interactions with their co-workers than male employees. 2) Formal speech style using is increased by staff's aging. 3) By increasing in staff's education, they are using more formal speech style and a few used colloquial one.