Reverse linguistic stereotyping: Measuring the effect of listener expectations on speech evaluation

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-456

  Kang, Okim ^a   Rubin, Donald L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reverse linguistic stereotyping; Speech evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449561156     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X09341950     Document Type: Article

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