Speaking as a lesbian: Correcting the heterosexist presumption

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-416

  Land, Victoria ^a   Kitzinger, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 31444455725     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327973rlsi3804_1     Document Type: Review

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