Staging language: An introduction to the sociolinguistics of performance

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-572

  Bell, Allan ^a   Gibson, Andy ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Audience; Enregisterment; Indexicality; Multi modality; Performance; Referee design; Reflexivity; Stylization

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255185630     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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