National stereotypes and language attitudes: The perception of British, American and Australian language and culture in Denmark

Language and Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-274

  Ladegaard, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

'Inherent value' versus 'Imposed norm' hypotheses; English as a foreign language; Language attitudes; National stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032397614     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(98)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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