Gender and Hedging: From Sex Differences to Situated Practice

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-107

  Dixon, John A ^a   Foster, Don H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEX; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030642196     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025064205478     Document Type: Article

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