Un deux trois–speak english! young taekwondo-fighters’ identity construction through linguistic competition

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-216

  Madsen, Lian Malai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Identity; Interactional sociolinguistics; Linguistic competition; Polylingual languaging; Youth language

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950703577     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710802390160     Document Type: Article

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