Where is the gender in gendered language?

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-175

  Thomson, Rob ^a   Murachver, Tamar ^a   Green, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER NETWORK; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035287104     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00329     Document Type: Article

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