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On Dictionaries and Gender Representations

By: Ruxandra Vişan  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2022-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0134 | Journal ISSN: 1583-980X
Language: English
Page range: 149 - 153
Published on: Dec 27, 2021
Published by: West University of Timisoara
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Ruxandra Vişan, published by West University of Timisoara
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