Brooklyn style: Hip-hop markers and racial affiliation among European immigrants in New York City

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 7-24

  Cutler, Cecelia ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnolects; Racialization; Speech style

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149112807     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069080120010201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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