'Isn't it enough to be a Chinese speaker': Language ideology and migrant identity construction in a public primary school in Beijing

Language and Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Dong, Jie ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Identity; Indexicality; Language ideology; Migration; Speech community

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749134011     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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