The colour of language: accent, devaluation and resistance in Latin American immigrant lives in Canada

Authors :: Tomic, Patricia
Source :: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal. Spring-Summer, 2013, Vol. 45 Issue 1-2, p1, 21 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Abstract This analysis studies the power of Standard English in the process of formation of devalued immigrant identities in contemporary English Canada. Probing the connections between Standard English, colonialism, whiteness [...]

Subjects :: Latin Americans -- Social aspects
English as a second language -- Social aspects
Immigrants -- Social aspects
Group identity -- Analysis
Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
History
Literature/writing

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