The language of love: Sex, sexual orientation, and language use in online personal advertisements

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 447-461

  Groom, Carla J ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Language; Sex differences; Text analysis; Word use

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744406092     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3711-0     Document Type: Article

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