Age stereotypes and patronizing messages: Features of age-adapted speech in technical instructions to the elderly

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-82

  Thimm, Caja ^a   Rademacher, Ute ^b   Kruse, Lenelis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032390368     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909889809365492     Document Type: Article

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