Empirical support for the gender-as-culture hypothesis: An intercultural analysis of male/female language differences

Human Communication Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 121-152

  Mulac, Anthony ^a   Bradac, James J ^a   Gibbons, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034747497     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/27.1.121     Document Type: Article

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