Stereotype Transmission and Maintenance Through Interpersonal Communication: The Irony Bias

Communication Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 414-441

  Burgers, Christian ^a   Beukeboom, Camiel J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

interpersonal communication; language; linguistic bias; stereotyping; verbal irony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961612852     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650214534975     Document Type: Article

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