Linguistic Contact Zones in the College Writing Classroom: An Examination of Ethnolinguistic Identity and Language Attitudes

Written Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-43

  Kells, Michelle Hall ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85001195509     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074108830201900102     Document Type: Article

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