Commodified language in Chinatown: A contextualized approach to linguistic landscape

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-362

  Leeman, Jennifer ^a   Modan, Gabriella ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Commodification of language; Linguistic landscape; Symbolic economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149122303     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2009.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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