Social acceptability of sexist derogatory and sexist objectifying slurs across contexts

Language Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-107

  Fasoli, Fabio ^a,b   Carnaghi, Andrea ^c   Paladino, Maria Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context; Sexist slurs; Social acceptability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943663694     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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