Ladies first? Phonology, frequency, and the naming conspiracy

Linguistics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 531-561

  Wright, Saundra K ^a   Hay, Jennifer ^a   Bent, Tessa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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