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Altering male-dominant representations: a study on nominalized adjectives and participles in first and second language German

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Altering male-dominant representations: a study on nominalized adjectives and participles in first and second language German. / Sato, Sayaka; Gabriel, Ute; Gygax, Pascal M.
In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 6, 12.2016, p. 667-685.

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Sato S, Gabriel U, Gygax PM. Altering male-dominant representations: a study on nominalized adjectives and participles in first and second language German. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2016 Dec;35(6):667-685. Epub 2016 Jan 19. doi: 10.1177/0261927X15625442

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Sato, Sayaka ; Gabriel, Ute ; Gygax, Pascal M. / Altering male-dominant representations : a study on nominalized adjectives and participles in first and second language German. In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2016 ; Vol. 35, No. 6. pp. 667-685.

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