Emotion talk between same-and mixed-gender friends: Form and function

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-448

  Anderson, Kristin J ^a   Leaper, Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032221848     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X980174001     Document Type: Article

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