Voices from the field: Identity, language, and power in multilingual research settings

Journal of Language, Identity and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-131

  Giampapa, Frances ^a   Lamoureux, Sylvie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Identity; Language; Multilingualism; Positionality; Power; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960548222     PISSN: 15348458     EISSN: 15327701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2011.585301     Document Type: Editorial

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