Generic pronouns and sexist language: The oxymoronic character of masculine generics
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Sex Roles
- Vol. 23 (11-12) , 629-643
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00289252
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