'Ch'us mon propre Bescherelle': Challenges from the Hip-Hop nation to the Quebec nation

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-82

  Low, Bronwen ^a   Sarkar, Mela ^a   Winer, Lise ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multilingual code switching; Normative tradition (French); Order of indexicalities; Quebec language policy; Raplyrics; Urban youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049104220     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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