The myth of a homogeneous speech community: A sociolinguistic study of the speech of Japanese women in diverse gender roles

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 146, 2000, Pages 43-85

  Takano, Shoji ^a  

^a HOKUSEI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34247306962     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2000.146.43     Document Type: Article

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