Male and Female Pronoun Use in U.S. Books Reflects Women's Status, 1900-2008

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 488-493

  Twenge, Jean M ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^b   Gentile, Brittany ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change over time; Cultural products; Feminism; Generations; Language use; Status of women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867504709     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0194-7     Document Type: Article

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