Mapping the linguistic landscape of a commercial neighbourhood in Central Phnom Penh

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-567

  Kasanga, Luanga Adrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cambodia; ethnolinguistic vitality; globalisation; language commodification; linguistic landscape; multilingualism; Phnom Penh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865201264     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2012.683529     Document Type: Article

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