Beliefs about Language Performance: Adults' Perceptions About Self and Elderly Targets

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 235-259

  Hummert, Mary Lee ^a   Garstka, Teri A ^a   Shaner, Jaye L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84970235645     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X95143001     Document Type: Article

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