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Publication details [#58080]
Ganapathy-Coleman, Hema. 2013. Speaking About Independence and Family Closeness: Socialisation Beliefs of Immigrant Indian Hindu Parents in the United States. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 42 (4) : 393–410. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This article argues that when immigrant Indian Hindu parents in the U.S. use the English terms "independence” and “family closeness” to express their most precious socialisation goals, the attached meaning is affected by the content enclosed in the cultural and religious Sanskār script.