The semiotic hitchhiker's guide to creaky voice: Circulation and gendered hardcore in a Chicana/o Gang Persona

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-280

  Mendoza Denton, Norma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 82355161653     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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