The art of being "just right": Language and gender—still a matter of power

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-33

  Pedersen, Tove Beate ^a  

^a The Gender Equality Council   (Norway)

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EID: 85023967336     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740.1997.9959704     Document Type: Article

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