Publications

Publication details [#64498]

DuBord, Elise M. 2018. Bilingual tricksters: Conflicting perceptions of bilingualism in the informal labor economy. Language & Communication 58 : 107–117.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | economics | immigrant | perception1 | social status

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

Monolingual Spanish speaking Latin American immigrants in the US informal economy highly appreciate learning English. Albeit monolinguals want to learn English, they do not confide bilinguals. Bilinguals acknowledge both their licensed status and the borders of bilingualism.