Multilingual identities in higher education: Negotiating the 'mother tongue', 'posh' and 'slang'

Language and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-39

  Preece, Siân ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritage languages; Higher education; Minority ethnic students; Multilingual identities; Standard and vernacular English; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249110278     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780903194036     Document Type: Article

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