"Potato seeking rice": Language, culture, and identity in gay personal ads in Hong Kong

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 143, 2000, Pages 33-61

  Jones, Rodney H ^a  

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EID: 34247305400     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2000.143.33     Document Type: Article

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