Hip-hop in a Post-insular community: Hybridity, local language, and authenticity in an online Newfoundland rap group

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-261

  Clarke, Sandra ^a   Hiscock, Philip ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Canadian English; Dialect stylization; Enregisterment; Globalization; Hip hop; Hybridization; Identity; Newfoundland English; Parody; Performance style; Rap

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249138040     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424209340313     Document Type: Article

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