Contesting heritage: Language, legitimacy, and schooling at a weekend Japanese-language school in the United States

Language and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-441

  Doerr, Neriko Musha ^a   Lee, Kiri ^b  

^a Brookdale Community College   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Ethnography; Heritage languages; Identity; Language learning; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449569169     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780802651706     Document Type: Article

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