The enactment of status and power in the linguistic practices of three multilingual, Malayali families in the UK

Focussing on three families living within a previously unexplored immigrant multilingual Malayali community in England, the present study investigates the manner in which the participants employ their linguistic practices in order to contest and/or retain traditional status and power relations. The...

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Main Author: Meddegama, Indu Vibha
Other Authors: Hall, Christopher
Published: University of Leeds 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595217