Expressing age salience: Three generations' reported events, frequencies, and valences

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 206, 2010, Pages 73-91

  Giles, Howard ^a   McIlrath, Mary ^a   Mulac, Antony ^a   McCann, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age identity; Age salience; Aging; Perceived age; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251501047     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJSL.2010.049     Document Type: Article

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