Different languages, one mission? Outcomes of language policies in a multilingual university context

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 216, 2012, Pages 33-54

  Lindström, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational institutions; Focus groups; Internationalization; Language policy; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867941732     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2012-0038     Document Type: Article

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