Publications

Publication details [#55352]

Spencer, Anthony. 2011. Americans create hybrid spaces in Costa Rica: a framework for exploring cultural and linguistic integration. Language and Intercultural Communication 11 (1) : 59–74.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | ethnography | immigrant | intercultural communication

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study examines how relatively affluent English-speaking immigrants negotiate new linguistic and cultural landscapes in the Costa Rican host culture, and discusses the ensuing need to renegotiate the concept of immigrant/immigration.