Shifting tactics of intersubjectivity to align indexicalities: A case of joking around in Swahinglish

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Higgins, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Codeswitching; Gender; Humor; Intersubjectivity; Language mixing; Reentextualization; Swahili

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947361595     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070017     Document Type: Review

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