Linguistic ethnography in realist perspective

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 641-660

  Sealey, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Linguistic ethnography; Social categories; Sociological realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448980683     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Review

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