Heritage Language learning for Chinese Australians: the role of habitus

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 497-510

  Mu, Guanglun Michael ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Chinese Heritage Language; Chineseness; habitus; identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899920241     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2014.882340     Document Type: Article

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