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 | | Hence, as in the case of postcolonial Palau, English is involved in constructing the transnational identity of Vietnamese-Americans. |
 | | In short, research on the social and language practices in virtual communities has shown that language use, in the manner of linguistic forms, styles, genres, and discourses, is related to the construction of social beliefs, cultural representations, and collective identities. |
 | | In the next section, I describe the set-up and demographics of the chat room where the girls acquired their sense of fluency in English, and discuss how they relate to the social groupings and languages in this online environment. |
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