White Adolescent Creole Users and the Politics of Friendship.

Hewitt, Roger

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ERIC Number: EJ274552

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Publication Date: 1982

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White Adolescent Creole Users and the Politics of Friendship.

Hewitt, Roger

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v3 n3 p217-32 1982

Discusses the idea that for many Black adolescents the use of creole is an assertion of identity and cultural difference. Examines the use of and attitudes toward creole by both Black and White adolescents in London. (EKN)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Creoles, Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Language Role, Nonstandard Dialects, Preadolescents, Social Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)

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