Code-switching and the construction of ethnic identity in a community of practice

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-392

  De Fina, Anna ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code switching; Community of practice; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Immigrant communities; Italian Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249092720     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070182     Document Type: Article

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