How do we communicate stereotypes? Linguistic bases and inferential consequences

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-18

  Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^a,c   Semin, Gün R ^a   Spears, Russell ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0033629642     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.5     Document Type: Article

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