And the Injun goes "How!": Representations of American Indian English in white public space

Language in Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-128

  Meek, Barbra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

"mock" speech; English varieties; Film; Native Americans; Representation; Stereotypes; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644926095     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404506060040     Document Type: Review

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