Journal of
Languages and Culture

  • Abbreviation: J. Lang. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6540
  • DOI: 10.5897/JLC
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 134

Full Length Research Paper

Multiple identities of multilingual minorities: Values and practices influencing social, national and personal identity formation

Stefanie Siebenhütter
  • Stefanie Siebenhütter
  • Department of English and Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy and Philology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
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  •  Received: 01 October 2020
  •  Accepted: 05 January 2021
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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