Appropriation of African American slang by Asian American youth

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-532

  Reyes, Angela ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Vernacular English; Asian American; Indexicality; Metapragmatics; Slang; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244439611     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2005.00304.x     Document Type: Review

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