Dial 581-FROG : The Struggle over Self-Naming by Franco-Americans in Maine
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Dial 581-FROG : The Struggle over Self-Naming by Franco-Americans in Maine
Description
Essay exploring the 1989 controversy surrounding the Maine State Legislature's protest over the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's use of the word "frog" in advertising its telephone number: 581-FROG. A case-study in communication research that identifies the divergences between Franco American legislators and Franco American university activists in terms of their attitudes toward language, self-naming, and dominant modes of discourse. Brief historical background.
Creator
Peterson, Eric E.
Publisher
Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Date
1991
Language
en
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1989-1991; Maine
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Zotero
Editor
Slembek, Edith
ISBN
3889391664
Book Title
Culture and Communication
Pages
185-193
Place
Frankfurt, Germany
Publisher
Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation
URL
Culture and Communication @ Google Books
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