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Publication details [#14793]

Woolard, Kathryn A. 1997. Between friends: Gender, peer group structure, and bilingualism in urban Catalonia. Language in Society 26 (4) : 533–560.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
bilingualism | gender | language acquisition | language shift | peer group | social network
Language as a subject
Catalan
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This ethnographic study of Barcelona high school students highlights the impact of gender differences in peer groups on bilingual repertoire, social identity and peer acceptance.