Language problem or language conflict? narratives of immigrant women's experiences in the US

Discourse Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-188

  De Fina, Anna ^a   King, Kendall A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument; Conflict; English; Hispanic; Immigrant; Language ideology; Latino; Narrative; Positioning; Spanish; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954563530     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445610392135     Document Type: Article

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