Beyond the usual: The modification of gender in a British dating ads column

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Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-306

  Marley, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Dating advertisements; Dating market place; Gender; Identity construction; Nominal group structure

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EID: 33847293543     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.1.2000.20.3.271     Document Type: Article

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