Cultural sensitivity and political correctness: The linguistic problem of naming

American Speech

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-404

  Andrews, Edna ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040993155     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/455713     Document Type: Article

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