Garifuna children's language shame: Ethnic stereotypes, national affiliation, and transnational immigration as factors in language choice in Southern Belize

Language in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-96

  Bonner, Donna M ^a  

^a Ctr for Mission Res and S   (United States)

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EID: 0040489023     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004740450100104X     Document Type: Article

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