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Language and Cultural Identity

See also Language and Culture

This Web page gives recommendations of resources to use and the terms to search in them for topics related to language and cultural identity. Language Research Topics has links to pages with suggestions for other language topics.

Search the online catalog SAGE using:

  • Communication and culture
  • Language and culture

Search Academic Search Premier using:

  • nationalism and language
  • language and cultural identity
  • colonization and language

Be certain to combine terms in the databases below to find more precisely what you need. Also, you don't want to be searching through large sets of search results. See Advanced Searching Tips for suggestions.

Search Linguistics " Language Behavior Abstracts using:
  • language and culture
  • language culture relationship
  • language maintenance
  • language status
  • minority languages
Search MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association) using:
  • cultural identity
  • [English/French/Spanish]-language-Modern

Search Article First using:
  • language and identity

Be sure to evaluate the sources you find. Use How to Evaluate Books and How to Evaluate Articles for suggestions of things to examine.

Language Research Topics | How to do Research | English Language & Literature

Content: Naomi Lederer