Publications

Publication details [#28854]

Eastman, Carol M. and Roberta F. Stein. 1993. Language display: Authenticating claims to social identity. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 14 (3) : 187–202.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language and culture | language use | power | social constraint

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with the language-use strategy of language display, which functions as a means to cross linguistic boundaries whilst upholding social boundaries or as a sign of resistance towards social boundaries that cannot be crossed.