Talking/not talking about race: The enregisterments of culture in higher education discourses

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-39

  Urciuoli, Bonnie ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diversity; Enregisterment; Higher education; Indexicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 74449086064     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2009.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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