Publications
Publication details [#44598]
Thompson, Riki. 2006. Bilingual, Bicultural, and Binominal Identities: Personal Name Investment and the Imagination in the Lives of Korean Americans. Journal of Language, Identity & Education 5 (3) : 179–208.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Erlbaum
Annotation
This paper uses poststructuralist, investment and imagination theories of language and identity to explore how personal names affect immigrants in their bilingual, bicultural, and binominal identities negotiation.