The discourse of linguistic capital: Language and economic policy planning in Singapore

Language Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-66

  Silver, Rita Elaine ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; English; English knowing bilingualism; Modernization; Mother tongue; Singapore; Symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144416833     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-004-6564-4     Document Type: Article

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