Event Title
Sociolinguistics Barriers: Constructing and Reproducing Temporary Migrants' Social Inequalities
Start Date
28-4-2011 6:00 PM
End Date
28-4-2011 8:30 PM
Description
This study explores the sociolinguistic barriers that Mexican Agricultural Temporary Workers (MATW) experience during their temporary stays in Canada. Following an ethnographic approach, some of the findings were that the sociolinguistic barriers lead to sociolinguistic dependency, increasing and perpetuating human and social inequalities of the MATW.
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Sociolinguistics Barriers: Constructing and Reproducing Temporary Migrants' Social Inequalities
This study explores the sociolinguistic barriers that Mexican Agricultural Temporary Workers (MATW) experience during their temporary stays in Canada. Following an ethnographic approach, some of the findings were that the sociolinguistic barriers lead to sociolinguistic dependency, increasing and perpetuating human and social inequalities of the MATW.