Negotiating the politics of language: Language learning and civic identity in Wales

Ethnicities

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-224

  Mann, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult language learning; Civic responsibility; Linguistic accommodation; Welsh Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248635702     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796807076845     Document Type: Article

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