Diasporic communication: Cultural deviance and accommodation among Tibetan exiles in India

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-359

  Dorjee, Tenzin ^a   Giles, Howard ^b   Barker, Valerie ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Bicultural; Cultural identity; Diaspora; Ethnolinguistic vitality; Language choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960790486     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2011.579130     Document Type: Article

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