The question of questions: Beyond binary thinking

Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-30

  Bing, Janet M ^a   Bergvall, Victoria L ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315842745-1     Document Type: Chapter

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