Multilingualism, diaspora, and the Internet: Codes and identities on German-based diaspora websites

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-547

  Androutsopoulos, Jannis ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code switching; Computer mediated discourse; Diasporic media; German; language choice; Web discussion forums

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747316335     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2006.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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