Counter-hegemonic language practices and ideologies: Creating a new space and value for Spanish in Southwest Texas

Spanish in Context

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Achugar, Mariana ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Conceptual metaphors; Language ideology; Spanish in the U.S.

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749250037     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.5.1.02ach     Document Type: Article

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