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Generically intended, but specifically interpreted: When beauticians, musicians, and mechanics are all men — Language and Cognitive Processes

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Key
gygax-2008-generically-intended
Authors
Gygax, Pascal; Gabriel, Ute; Sarrasin, Oriane; Oakhill, Jane; Garnham, Alan
Issued
2008
Type
article-journal
Container
Language and Cognitive Processes
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
464-485
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1080/01690960701702035",
  "page": "464-485",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "issue": "3",
  "title": "Generically intended, but specifically interpreted: When beauticians, musicians, and mechanics are all men",
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    },
    {
      "given": "Ute",
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      "given": "Oriane",
      "family": "Sarrasin"
    },
    {
      "given": "Jane",
      "family": "Oakhill"
    },
    {
      "given": "Alan",
      "family": "Garnham"
    }
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      [
        2008
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  "volume": "23",
  "language": "en",
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Claims

  1. In a sentence-evaluation experiment in French, German, and English, readers of French and German interpreted masculine forms intended as generic as male-biased, regardless of how stereotypical the role name was; English showed a stereotype effect instead.
    "In contrast to English, stereotypicality of role names had no influence on readers’ male biased representations in French and German, where interpretations were dominated by the masculinity of the masculine (allegedly) intended as generic."
    Locator: section: Abstract · Quote language: en
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