Linguistic androgyny on myspace

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Fullwood, Chris ^a   Morris, Neil ^a   Evans, Libby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; gender differences; language; social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551604676     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X10387105     Document Type: Article

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