Talking about gender: The conversational construction of gender categories in academic discourse

Discourse and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-240

  Stokoe, Elizabeth H ^a  

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Author keywords

Academic discourse; Conversation analysis; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221434     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926598009002005     Document Type: Article

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