By their words ye shall know them: Language abstraction and the likeability of describers

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Douglas, Karen M ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955567734     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.634     Document Type: Article

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