In Consideration of Social Context: Re-examining the Linguistic Intergroup Bias Paradigm

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-332

  Shulman, Jessica L ^a   Collins, Katherine A ^a   Clément, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Identity; Linguistic Intergroup Bias; Relative Group Status; Second Language Confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859364392     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2011.595498     Document Type: Article

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