Bilingualism for the minor or the major? An evaluative analysis of parallel conceptions in China

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-551

  Feng, Anwei ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Favour' policies; Additive bilingualism; Linguistic fusionism; Minority education; Partial immersion; Superior inferior mentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744437774     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050508669067     Document Type: Article

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