Language policy in the making: An analysis of bilingual gaming activities

Language Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-284

  Leppänen, Sirpa ^a   Piirainen Marsh, Arja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emergent language policies; Fan fiction; Game playing; Gaming activities; New media; Normativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449091155     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: 15731863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-009-9130-2     Document Type: Article

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