Speaking beauties: Linguistic posturing, language inequality, and the construction of a Tanzanian beauty queen

Language in Society

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-606

  Billings, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 77049123056     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404509990443     Document Type: Article

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