Localizing power and solidarity: Pronoun alternation at an all-female police station and a feminist crisis intervention center in Brazil

Language in Society

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-381

  Ostermann, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0038042425     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404503323036     Document Type: Article

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