From the individual to the group: The enhancement of linguistic bias

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Menegatti, Michela ^a   Rubini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective language use; Group enhancement; Language abstraction; Selection linguistic bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856217603     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.856     Document Type: Article

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