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Back, Michele – Modern Language Journal, 2013
Researchers in second language socialization (SLS) often examine those interactions relating to a learner's integration within a target community. Kramsch and Whiteside (2008) noted the importance of "symbolic competence" in this integration. Symbolic competence, defined as the ability to access contextually relevant social and political…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Socialization, American Indian Languages, Cultural Awareness
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Williams, Ashley M. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2008
This paper examines how the interconnected aspects of the stance triangle (Du Bois 2007) allow speakers to tap into multiple ideological layers as they take a stance and reveal intra-ethnic group tensions. Using a detailed interaction analysis of a Chinese American family's multilingual interaction, the paper explores how such ideological dynamics…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Self Concept, Sociolinguistics, Semantics