Analyzing the 'language problem' discourses in Hong Kong: How official, academic, and media discourses construct and perpetuate dominant models of language, learning, and education

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-440

  Lin, Angel Mei Yi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031256291     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(97)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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