How taboo are taboo words for girls?

Language in Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 277-289

  Klerk, Vivian De ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0003415251     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404500015293     Document Type: Article

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