Inverted appellation and discursive gender insubordination: An Austrian case study in gay male conversation

Discourse and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-236

  Bunzl, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian German; Gay men; Gendered grammar; Queer theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346877     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926500011002004     Document Type: Article

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