Berber language ideologies, maintenance, and contraction: Gendered variation in the indigenous margins of Morocco

Language and Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-167

  Hoffman, Katherine E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Gender; Imazighen (Berbers); Language contraction; Language maintenance; Morocco

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645847821     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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