Derogatory Language in Intergroup Context: Are “Gay” and “Fag” Synonymous?

Stereotype Dynamics: Language-Based Approaches to the Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Stereotypes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 117-134

  Carnaghi, Andrea ^a   Maass, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 85145512685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809990-13     Document Type: Chapter

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