Language and Prejudice: Direct and Moderated Effects

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 376-396

  Collins, Katherine A ^a   Clément, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias; communication; discrimination; explicit prejudice; implicit prejudice; language; language distortion; language metaphors; language uses; prejudice; review; social context; social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868310221     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X12446611     Document Type: Article

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