Gender voices in hong kong english textbooks-some past and current practices

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 127-137

  Lee, Jackie F K ^a   Collins, Peter ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Generic pronouns; Hong Kong; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249144216     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9414-6     Document Type: Article

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