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Publication details [#43146]

Feng, Anwei. 2005. Bilingualism for the Minor or the Major? An Evaluative Analysis of Parallel Conceptions in China. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (6) : 529–551.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | bilingualism | minority language | standard1

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses two parallel Chinese conceptions of bilingualism: traditional bilingualism, involving the use of standard Chinese and a native minority language; and bilingualism with modern features, involving the use of standard Chinese and a foreign language, mainly English.