From FOB to cool: Transnational migrant students in Toronto and the styling of global linguistic capital

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-200

  Shin, Hyunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; English; Globalization; International students; South Korea; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859866219     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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