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Publication details [#51323]

Blommaert, Jan and Jie Dong. 2009. Space, scale and accents: Constructing migrant identity in Beijing. Multilingua 28 (1) : 1–23.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This article uses the theorised sociolinguistic space and scale notions to explore internal migrant worker identity construction in Beijing. Although monoglot (Putonghua Chinese) ideologies often disqualify internal migrant workers' varying linguistic resources, many workers nevertheless acquire a polyglot repertoire to overcome such obstacles.