The gender-linked language effect: An empirical test of a general process model

Language Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-31

  Mulac, Anthony ^a   Giles, Howard ^a   Bradac, James J ^a   Palomares, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication accommodation theory; Gender linked language effect; Gender roles; Self categorization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874002619     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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