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Gender and Language: Cultural Concerns

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Gender and Language: Cultural Concerns. / Wodak, Ruth.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. ed. / James D. Wright. 2nd. ed. Elsevier Inc., 2015. p. 698-703.

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Wodak, R 2015, Gender and Language: Cultural Concerns. in JD Wright (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 2nd edn, Elsevier Inc., pp. 698-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.64018-7

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Wodak, R. (2015). Gender and Language: Cultural Concerns. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed., pp. 698-703). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.64018-7

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Wodak R. Gender and Language: Cultural Concerns. In Wright JD, editor, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed. Elsevier Inc. 2015. p. 698-703 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.64018-7

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Wodak, Ruth. / Gender and Language : Cultural Concerns. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. editor / James D. Wright. 2nd. ed. Elsevier Inc., 2015. pp. 698-703

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