Staging linguistic identities and negotiating monolingual norms in multiethnic school settings

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-196

  Cekaite, Asta ^a   Evaldsson, Ann Carita ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Language alternation; Linguistic and social identity; Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA); Monolingual norm; Multi sited ethnography; Multilingual classes; Polylingual practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950693749     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710802387588     Document Type: Article

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