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The myth of female superiority in language*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Ronald K. S. Macaulay
Ronald K. S. Macaulay
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Pitzer College
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 353 - 363
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This work was supported by a grant from the Mellon Women's Studies Committee of the Claremont Colleges. Address for correspondence: Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills Ave., Claremont, California 91711, U.S.A.

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