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Special Issue: Circum-Atlantic Linguistic Flows

Professional and cultural identity performances in transnational, middle-class migrants: A sociolinguistic case study of the United Arab Emirates

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Received 21 Sep 2022, Accepted 26 Mar 2024, Published online: 24 May 2024

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