Duelling Languages, Duelling Values: Codeswitching in bilingual intergenerational conflict talk in diasporic families

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1799-1816

  Hua, Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese diasporic families; Codeswitching; Core values; Talk about social and cultural practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449091131     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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