Register levels of ethno-national purity: The ethnicization of language and community in mauritius

Language in Society

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-80

  Eisenlohr, Patrick ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian diaspora; Language and community; Language ideology; Linguistic anthropology; Mauritius; Multilingualism; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442352938     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404504031033     Document Type: Article

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