What's in a slur?

American Speech

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Henderson, Anita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 2542596199     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-78-1-52     Document Type: Article

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